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The VF-0's maximum speed is Mach 2.74 at 11,000 meters MSL altitude. Because it uses turbofan engines and not fusion turbines like the later VF-1, the VF-0 is not a true spacecraft (although it can operate for short periods of time underwater).

The VF-0's armament was virtually identical to the VF-1's (although the VF-1S's laser armament was bumped up from two to four barrels on request of chief test pilot Roy Focker), but slightly older in design: A 35mm gun pod from the US Air Force (GPU-9) in place of the VF-1's 55mm GU-11, and AIM-120 AMRAAM air to air missiles in place of the VF-1's AMM-1s.

Several VF-0s deployed from the aircraft carrier Asuka II (CVN-99) were destroyed in combat in the South Pacific against Anti-Unification forces piloting Sukhoi SV-51 variable fighters in early 2008, under the command of Roy Focker.

The VF-0 was succeeded in service by the VF-1 Valkyrie in late 2008/early 2009. After Space War I, the idea of an inexpensive atmospheric-use Valkyrie was resurrected with the VF-3000 Star Crusader and VF-5000 Star Mirage.

Variants

• VF-0A - standard version, single seat, single head laser
• VF-0B - two-seat version of the VF-0A
• VF-0D - improved two-seat version with canards, new wing design
• VF-0S - single seat version for squadron commanders, two head lasers