Off-topic:
Area 88 was also known as "U.N. Squadron" in Europe/US.
It was for Arcade coin-ops and the SNES (had it on SNES :P).
The series linked by Colt40Five is the remake series, which is the 3rd version of Area 88. :)
1) There was a manga version which is the only complete story (hard to find in english, "found" it in Korean and the english script of the last chapters so I know what happens (in a way...), but the artwork is old manga style, close to Lupin the 3rd :P.
2) The OVA version which was 3 long episodes.
Artwork was better than the manga, had a different ending, smaller story, quite violent at times.
3) The remake anime series which still doesn't explore the whole story and also alters it a bit, but has the best artwork (well, it's the newest :P) and best (if unrealistic at times) airplane combat. ;)
There is also info about it in the Wikipedia.
On-Topic:
Sometime, I must get some of the Macross episodes, there are quite a few series around. I remember when Robotech (US title for first (?) Macross series) aired in Greece.
Had a nice intro music. :)
And some scenes from later series too, If I'm not mistaken. :P