Anime Month: Let's Play Area 88
1Area 88 (or dubbed here as UN Squadron) tells the story of three mercenaries: Japanese pilot Shin Kazama, American pilot Mickey Simon and Danish pilot Greg Gates as they serve their time in Area 88 as contract fighter pilots. In this version (unlike the arcade in which it's a two-player game), you must choose one of the three and go in as a one man army against Project 4. Unlike the arcade version, you get the option to buy other planes as well as purchase stronger weapons to take down the enemy. This series was also a comic as well as an anime series.
Since every pilot have their own attributes, I'll summarize how they are in combat:
Shin can switch weapons quickly but can a fair amount of hits, average pilot if you want to go close-quarter.
Mickey is so-so, weapon usage is fair, but can't really recover well when hit
Greg has the best endurance, slow weapon switching but if anything, he's your go-to guy if you really want to last in this game.
(This is what I know from previous experience from playing this game, but do correct me if I'm wrong in these stats)