Aero Fighters/Characters

Alex & Pictus
"Species: Human & Cat

Planes: Westland Whirlwind (Aero Fighters 3)"

Angela / Steve
"Species: Human

Planes: Dassault Rafale (Aero Fighters 2, Sonic Wings Limited, & Sonic Wings Special), Dowoitine D520 (Sonic Wings Special)"

A flamboyant effeminate Frenchman.


 * Ambiguous Gender
 * Bishie Sparkle

Blazers
"Species: Human

Planes: P61 Black Widow (Aero Fighters 3), F-14 Tomcat (Aero Fighters Assault), A-10 Thunderbolt II (Aero Fighters Assault)"

Bobby
"Species: Human

Planes: Sea Harrier FRS 2 (Aero Fighters 2)"

Chaika & Pooshka
"Species: Human

Planes: IL-2 Sturmovik (Aero Fighters 3 & Sonic Wings Special), IL-102 (Sonic Wings Limited & Sonic Wings Special)"

Ellen & Cindy / Cincia
"Species: Human

Planes: F-14 Tomcat (Aero Fighters 2 & Sonic Wings Special), Fairey Swordfish (Aero Fighters 3, Sonic Wings Limited, & Sonic Wings Special)"

Hien
"Species: Ninja

Planes: Mitsubishi F-2 (Aero Fighters, Aero Fighters 2, Sonic Wings Limited, Sonic Wings Special, & Aero Fighters Assault), Mitsubishi A 6 M Zero (Aero Fighters 3), Nakajima J 1 N Gekkou (Sonic Wings Special)"

The main hero of the game series. He shoots out giant shuriken and kunai from his planes.


 * Bad Boss: His boss forces him to keep on performing missions all the time.
 * Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja
 * Wave Motion Gun

Keaton
"Species: Human (Aero Fighters), Cyborg (all subsequent games)

Planes: F-18 (Aero Fighters), F-117 (Aero Fighters 2, Sonic Wings Limited, & Sonic Wings Special), F 4 U Corsair (Aero Fighters 3 & Sonic Wings Special)"

An American pilot who was turned into a cyborg.


 * Make My Monster Grow: His bomb makes himself grow really large.
 * Hollywood Cyborg

Keith Bishop
"Species: Human

Planes: F-14 Tomcat (Aero Fighters)"

Kowful
"Species: Viking

Planes: Saab 37 Viggen (Aero Fighters 1, Sonic Wings Limited, & Sonic Wings Special), Ju-87 Stuka (Aero Fighters 3 with River, Sonic Wings Special)"


 * Horny Vikings

Malcolm
"Species: Human

Planes: Do 335 Pfeil (Aero Fighters 3)"

Mao-Mao
"Species: Human

Planes: F-15 Eagle (Aero Fighters 1, Aero Fighters 2, Sonic Wings Limited, Sonic Wings Special, & Aero Fighters Assault), Aichi M 6 A 1 Seiran (Aero Fighters 3 & Sonic Wings Special)"

A policewoman and idol singer.


 * Awesome Yet Practical: In Assault, you have to beat the game in order to unlock her (or use a cheat), but she's worth it. She has a "regular" gun, the best missile type (Phoenix), good Chaff, and the Ninja Beam. Her plane is also quite fast, so while it does require a bit of good maneuvering, it is excellent for staging hit-and-run attacks, as well as the defense special missions.
 * Secret Identity: Nobody knows that she flies in a plane and fights evil.
 * Time Stands Still
 * Wave Motion Gun: Her special weapon in Assault.

River
"Species: Human

Planes: Panavia Tornado (Aero Fighters), Ju-87 Stuka (Aero Fighters 3 with Kowful), AV-8 Harrier II (Sonic Wings Limited & Sonic Wings Special), Boulton Paul Defiant (Sonic Wings Special)"

Silver
"Species: Human

Planes: A-10 Thunderbolt II (Aero Fighters 2, Sonic Wings Limited, & Sonic Wings Special), P-61 Black Widow (Sonic Wings Special)"

Spanky the Dolphin / Whity
"Species: Dolphin

Planes: Northrop YF-23 Gray Ghost (Aero Fighters 2, Sonic Wings Limited, & Sonic Wings Special), Polikarpov I-16 (Aero Fighters 3), Henschel Hs 129 (Sonic Wings Special), Grumman X-29 (Aero Fighters Assault)"

The first dolphin pilot to have ever lived. He usually shoots out water-themed shots. Since he is a dolphin, he hates dry and hot places.


 * Difficult but Awesome: In Assault, his plane is rather slow and has difficulty turning properly. His main gun also has very short range, despite being a laser, meaning he has trouble effectively tailing enemy aircraft. However, that gun does almost as or as much damage as most regular Special Weapons (except the Ninja Beam), and because it's the main gun, it has infite ammo! His plane also has the best missile type (Phoenix), and the Chaff is Air Mines. About the only thing unspectacular in his arsenal is his Special Weapon, the rather cumbersome Fae, which is still good against bosses. This makes Spanky the best boss killer in the game. Makes sense since you have to fully beat the game to unlock him. Or use a cheat. To make him even more awesome, this means the little guy's awesome in the "Air Battle" and "Fortress levels!
 * Engrish: "I never thought I'd be frying over a jungle."
 * Extreme Omnivore: He tries to eat Martian food as well as Martians themselves.

T.B. A-10
"Species: Robot

Planes: Saab JAS-39 Gripen (Aero Fighters), F-104 Starfighter (Sonic Wings Limited & Sonic Wings Special), Brewster F 2 A Buffalo (Sonic Wings Special)"

Villiam
"Species: Human

Planes: AV-8 Harrier II (Aero Fighters)"

Volk the "No Dead"
"Species: Undead

Planes: Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark (Sonic Wings Limited & Sonic Wings Special), Mi G-3 (Sonic Wings Special), Sukhoi Su-35 (Aero Fighters Assault)"


 * Incendiary Exponent: In Assault, all of his weaponry is themed on fire.