Background
The VF-1 was created by the renowned Japanese mecha designer Shoji Kawamori (with contributions by his Studio Nue partner Kazutaka Miyatake) in 1980-1982 to be the centerpiece mecha design of the anime series The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982–1983). The Grumman F-14 Tomcat, with its variable-sweep wing design, served as the main design inspiration of the VF-1. The name "Valkyrie" is a tribute to the real world XB-70 Valkyrie, an experimental supersonic strategic bomber developed in the United States in the 1960s.
In Robotech (the 1985 American adaptation of Macross), the VF-1 is most commonly referred to as the "Veritech Fighter", with "Veritech" being short for Variable Engineering and Robotic Integration TECHnology, but the fighter's official popular name "Valkyrie" is used in a few infrequent references.
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