I pre-ordered it back in January and forgot when it exactly it was coming out til I checked my email today.
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The story revolves around teenage girls who are essentially moe anthropomorphizations of military planes.
Also, they don't wear pants.
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In a further bizarre tweaking, all the pilots are actually based on real World War Two pilots, including one who is actually still alive.
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Despite being a show about 13-20 year old girls fighting an evil alien threat, many WWII references were made in both moefied and non-moefied ways. The example of Erica Hartmann stealing panties was Hitler's hat being taken by Ace Pilot Erich Hartmann.
I started watching for the basic premise. I stayed for the awesomeness of realizing that a lot of the things that happen in the show are actually historical references. My inner geek finds that awesome in a way my outer geek... also finds awesome.