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Line 28: == Live Action TV == * ''[[Babylon 5]]'' has a number of variations (but few straight examples). The Anla'Shok, also known as the Rangers, are a Minbari covert operations organization operated by the [[Church Militant\|Religious Caste]], who boost their numbers leading up to the Shadow War by recruiting large numbers of human volunteers, unbeknowest to the Earth government. <ref> This is reversed later when the Rangers back Sheridan when he starts his military campaign to liberate the Colonies and overthrow President Clark's regime on Earth.</ref> In the show's final season, the Rangers begin to recruit from the other races as they begin to take on the role of [[Space Police\|interstellar peace keepers.]] When the command staff is forced to purge large numbers of their security staff after the Nightwatch attempted to seize control, they are able to make up for it with large numbers of Narn volunteers. * When Captain Jack Harkness first meets the Doctor in ''[[Doctor Who]]'', he is in one of the trope-naming historical Eagle Squadrons, having taken a dead guy's identity according to the ''[[Torchwood]]'' episode "Captain Jack Harkness". Line 35: == Film == * ''Dark Blue World'' is a Czech-made film about pilots who enlisted in the British Royal Air Force after Czechoslovakia was conquered by Nazi Germany. * For some reason ''Pearl Harbor'' has a scene with Ben Affleck flying a Spitfire for the RAF in the Battle of Britain, probably to explain how the British were able to hold off the Luftwaffe. He's ostensibly a member of the actual Eagle Squadron, but the codes on the side of his airplane are (confusingly) those of 303 ~~Squadron -- which~~Squadron—which was one of the famous all-Polish units! Was Affleck actually meant to be Polish? ** Well, judging by the fact that they had him transfer there from the US Army Air Force while the US was still neutral, I don't think they were even trying. For contrast, during the Battle of Britain, Americans who wished to fight for Britain had to give up their citizenship and swear an oath of loyalty to the king. It wasn't until after the battle was over that American citizens could fight for Britain while retaining their citizenship, but even in 1941, a year after the [[Bo B]] was over, you still couldn't be an active American serviceman fighting for the British. Yes, I do hate this movie. * ''[[Flyboys]]'' about the Lafyette Escadrille in [[World War One]].

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