Editing VF-1 Valkyrie (section)

===Robotech===
In ''Robotech'', development of the Valkyrie began at the end of the Global Civil War, when an alien spaceship crashed into Macross Island in the South Pacific. After learning of the existence of large aggressive humanoid aliens, a United Earth Government was formed and development began on the mecha by the Robotech Defense Force to combat the alien threat by using ''Robotechnology'' obtained from the SDF-1 alien ship.

In the "Robotech" continuity, the VF-0 did not exist; the non-transformable VF-X was followed by a version which had only fighter and Guardian mode. Not until June 2007 was the final version of the VF-1, which could transform into battloid mode, released. It unofficially saw its first combat in early 2007, when test pilot [[List of Robotech characters#Roy Fokker|Roy Fokker]] "borrowed" the first production-model aircraft - a VF-1S that would remain his mount for the rest of his life, and become [[List of Robotech characters|Rick Hunter]]'s aircraft after his death - to thwart an Anti-Unification plot to destroy the three primary symbols of UEG power. Officially, the first combat of the VF-1 was, like ''Macross'', February 7, 2009, during the Battle of Macross Island - the first battle of the First Robotech War. Much like its "Macross" counterpart, the VF-1 would remain in service for the remainder of the conflict.