The other thing to consider in this whole affair is that while yes the series did come out in the early 1980s it's almost always a good idea to go with the fact that we integrated both men and women into roles as combat pilots. Mostly largely based on the fact the series proper takes like in 2009-2010. Also with how multi-national the support was I can't really believe the fact that women as pilots would be left out. Case in point was another series that was done, Southern Cross Calvary. It came out not too long after Macross. Not only was the main commander of the tank unit a woman but one of the BEST pilots of their air forces was also a female.