History Fanfic / Strikers89

* CargoShip: It's often joked that Frank's real love is his Tomcat, [[spoiler: and later his Wyvern]].

* BiTheWay: Maverick has been shown to hit on or flirt with both men and women. It's all but confirmed she was sleeping with Orion, Frank's old RIO.
* [[BodyCountCompetition Points Competition]]: There is an official one at TOPGUN for the best pilot.

* FanNickname: A few. The most popular is of course Colonel Bitchtits, for a particularly nasty USAF Witch.

** Many of the ''VideoGame/AceCombat'' superweapons exist in this verse. The US operates the [[VideoGame/AceCombat6FiresOfLiberation Chandelier railgun]] and the EU maintains the [[VideoGame/AceCombat04ShatteredSkies Stonehenge railguns]], both intended to defend against Martian attack. The Soviets operate several [[VideoGame/AceCombat5TheUnsungWar submersible aircraft carriers]] and the [[VideoGame/AceCombat6FiresOfLiberation Aiagon flying aircraft carrier]].

* TwinBanter: The Styles twins.

* ForWantOfANail: Nixon's WW2 service was as a spotter plane pilot, and he scored at least one kill[[note]] As opposed to OTL, where he was a paper pusher.[[/note]]. He never left the Navy for politics, and ended up as Commander-in-Chief US Pacific Forces.

** Another to Prune Barge Shuffle; Richard Nixon served in WW2 as a spotter plane pilot off the ''USS California'', getting at least one kill. When he appears in-story, he's a Four-star Admiral and Commander-in-Chief Pacific, having never left the Navy for politics.

A now completed spinoff of 'planefags' successful FanFic/StrikeWitchesQuest and Ogitsune's genderflipped drawings of the ''Film/TopGun'' cast, written by Ghostdivision, based in the same universe about forty years in the future, in 1989. It features similar themes, but has more AceCombat references and lacks the complete craziness inherent in SWQ.

* CoolPlane: Many including F-15s and F-16s, as well as various Soviet planes, and the [[AceCombatAssaultHorizon ASF-X Shinden II]]. But the main one is of course Frank's various F-14s.

** Many of the VideoGame/AceCombat superweapons exist in this verse. The US operates the [[VideoGame/AceCombat6FiresOfLiberation Chandelier railgun]] and the EU maintains the [[VideoGame/AceCombat04ShatteredSkies Stonehenge railguns]], both intended to defend against Martian attack. The Soviets operate several [[VideoGame/AceCombat5TheUnsungWar submersible aircraft carriers]] and the [[VideoGame/AceCombat6FiresOfLiberation Aiagon flying aircraft carrier]].

** The [[AceCombatAssaultHorizon ASF-X Shinden II]] is Japan's newest fighter.
** Many of the AceCombat superweapons exist in this verse. The US operates the [[AceCombat6FiresOfLiberation Chandelier railgun]] and the EU maintains the [[VideoGame/AceCombat04ShatteredSkies Stonehenge railguns]], both intended to defend against Martian attack. The Soviets operate several [[AceCombat5TheUnsungWar submersible aircraft carriers]] and the [[AceCombat6FiresOfLiberation Aiagon flying aircraft carrier]].
** [[spoiler: The Soviets deploy the [[AceCombat6FiresOfLiberation Nosferatu]] fighter in a raid aimed at Japan.]]

** [[spoiler: The Soviets deploy the [[AceCombat6FiresOfLiberation Nosferatu]] fighter, though at least it doesn't have the [[GameBreaker All Direction Micro Missiles]].]]

** Many of the AceCombat superweapons exist in this verse. The US operates the [[AceCombat6FiresOfLiberation Chandelier railgun]] and the EU maintains the [[AceCombat04ShatteredSkies Stonehenge railguns]], both intended to defend against Martian attack. The Soviets operate several [[AceCombat5TheUnsungWar submersible aircraft carriers]] and the [[AceCombat6FiresOfLiberation Aiagon flying aircraft carrier]].

A currently ongoing spinoff of 'planefags' successful FanFic/StrikeWitchesQuest and Ogitsune's genderflipped drawings of the ''Film/TopGun'' cast, written by Ghostdivision, based in the same universe about forty years in the future, in 1989. It features similar themes, but has more AceCombat references and lacks the complete craziness inherent in SWQ.

* XMeetsY: The story's initial setup is ''StrikeWitches'' meets ''Film/TopGun''.
** After that, it shifts into ''Literature/RedStormRising'' meets ''VideoGame/AceCombat'' meets ''FanFic/StrikeWitchesQuest'', sans craziness.
** Jake Bishop's spinoff sidestory, meanwhile, is closer to ''Strikers 89'' meets ''TeamYankee''.

** Merlin's boyfriend is revealed to be a red-haired IJAF officer by the name of Kenji Sakamoto, who practices a family sword style that's derived from blending traditional kenjutsu with Irish basket-hilted broadswords. It's pretty clear that Sean and Mio got married after SWQ and went back to live in Japan.

* ShipperOnDeck: Pretty much all of Spellcaster to Merlin and Kenji.

** In Rescue Witches, Ugly gets to put the RAH-66 Comanche through its paces (with a witch interface in the front seat, manned by his sister), while Pierce, Red and their crew get the new Ghost Hawk (aka the stealth Blackhawk used by the Navy SEALs to raid Osama's compound.)

** Pararescue Witches, which follows Captain William Pierce and healwitch Rachel "Red" Kelsey on SAR ops around the Bering Sea, before shifting to Germany.