Area 88

1. S01E01Sky Blue - Desert WingsJanuary 9, 2004—Photographer Makoto Shinjou arrives at Area 88, an airbase for mercenary flyer's in the Kingdom of Aslan which is fighting a war against ant
2. S01E02Boris - Tombstone of the Setting SunJanuary 16, 2004—Pilot Boris is called the Angel of Death because he always loses his companions on missions and returns alone, and therefore nobody wants to
3. S01E03Shin & Makoto - Finder of a Blue SkyJanuary 23, 2004—Shin and Kim shoot down an enemy transport plane, and McCoy tells all the men on base there was gold on board, so the pilots go out in a fee
4. S01E04Desert - Skies of BetrayalJanuary 30, 2004—Shin engages a large number of enemies all alone and his Crusader is destroyed. He manages to eject just in time to run into a sandstorm.
5. S01E05Lip Stick - Unyielding RougeFebruary 6, 2004—Kitri Parvaneh, cousin to Saki Vashtar, makes her first appearance just in time to save the lives of some of the Area 88 pilots, Kim in part
6. S01E06Cross Over - Intersection of SolitudeFebruary 13, 2004—Shin's new fighter arrives and he sets out on a training flight to break it in, just as Kanzaki is piloting a commercial flight nearby under
7. S01E07Hungry Boy - Sweet SoldierFebruary 20, 2004—Kitri expresses doubts about Kim's abilities as a pilot, and Kim's Harrier is in bad need of parts and repairs, but when an enemy bomber squ
8. S01E08Sand Glass - Sand's BulletFebruary 27, 2004—A lone sniper brings operations at Area 88 to a halt with a few well-placed shots. A plan is conceived to get Shin up in the air using a dec
9. S01E09Canyon - Tightrope at the Speed of SoundMarch 5, 2004—The Area pilots are ordered to attack a well-guarded base that defends a rebel oil refinery the government wants to capture.
10. S01E10Fire Ball - Contrails of DestinyMarch 12, 2004—Area forces are sustaining heavy losses due to a rebel pilot with a lizard mark on the nose of his plane. This pilot turns out to be Patrick
11. S01E11Truth - Truth of the SandMarch 19, 2004—Shin shoots the final plane he needs to buy his freedom, but then crashes on landing. Kanzaki fires Shinjou, because Kanzaki and Ryoko have
12. S01E12Lock On - Wings of the WindMarch 26, 2004—Because of expenses related to his crash, Shin can't buy his freedom. Shinjou is expelled from the Area. Shin finds out Kanzaki and Ryoko ar

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