{"id":27055,"date":"2023-11-06T17:00:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T17:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=27055"},"modified":"2023-11-06T17:00:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T17:00:16","slug":"capcom-took-me-down-a-rabbit-hole-of-aviation-in-video-games-it-includes-the-blue-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/front-page-slider\/capcom-took-me-down-a-rabbit-hole-of-aviation-in-video-games-it-includes-the-blue-angels\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Capcom Took Me Down a Rabbit Hole of Aviation in Video Games \u2013 It Includes the Blue Angels!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Did you know that Fat Albert, the C-130 Hercules transport plane of the Blue Angels, was in an arcade shoot\u2018em up video game in 1990? I sure didn\u2019t know that until now! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Blue Angels C-130, “Fat Albert”, refueling an F-14 between missions in Carrier Air Wing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Since <\/em>my last blog about the collector\u2019s edition watch from Avi-8 themed around Capcom\u2019s 1942 video game<\/em><\/a>, a game that I loved as a kid, I\u2019ve pretty much gone down a rabbit hole into old retro shooters based on aviation. Now, I grew up playing games, but there\u2019s so many I missed including titles in genres I love. As I did my research on 1942 and its sequels (1943, 1944, 19XX), having recently played them through the Capcom Arcade Stadium, I came across a couple of additional Capcom shoot\u2019em ups (shmups, STGs) that drew a lot of inspiration from military aviation as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aircraft Selection Screen from Carrier Air Wing (Including Blue Angels Livery of the F-18)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Today, I\u2019m focusing on a game called Carrier Air Wing (also known as U.S. Navy in Japan) that\u2019s also included in Capcom\u2019s Arcade Stadium collection. As you can understand, I was immediately drawn to it thanks to the name and the F-14 which is one of the game\u2019s key aircraft used for promoting the game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carrier Air Wing originally released in 1990 for arcades only. This is the main reason why I never played or heard of it as I wasn\u2019t much of an arcade goer in my youth. Home consoles all the way! But thankfully Capcom rereleased it as part of its more recent Capcom Arcade Stadium collection, giving access to it on current generation consoles such as PlayStation 4 and 5, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One\/Series S\/X. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carrier Air Wing is a side scrolling shoot \u2018em up that puts you in the cockpit of an F-14 Tomcat, F-18 Hornet, or A-6 Intruder. Your choice! You get to fly 10 missions in a typical arcade style shooting game where there are big guns and overpowered boss battles at the end of each mission. It\u2019s great fun, and like many games of this type, it\u2019s up to your imagination to put yourself in the cockpit of these aircraft since it\u2019s a side-scrolling shooter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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