The REAL space marines! - "Space: Above and Beyond"

The year is 2063. After years of universal peace, the people of Earth have begun colonizing other planets. Suddenly, a previously unknown alien race annihilates two fledgling communities. Now everyone must do their part to defend Earth and its colonies from the threat of the Chigs. The Chigs received their name because they allegedly look like Earth chigoe (which are small, six-legged flea. Also called a chigger or sand flea). The Chigs are an alien race, who, according to reports, decimated the two Earth colonies Vesta and Tellus. Chigs appear humanoid, though they are rarely (if ever) seen sans their armored environment suits.

Chiggy von Richtofen was the Chig pilot of a super prototype fighter. He was named after the WWI pilot Freiherr von Richthofen, known to most people as the Red Baron. Chiggy's craft was known for it's new design and for the writing on the fuselage that read "Abandon all hope"

The SA-43 Endo/Exo-Atmospheric Attack Jet ("Hammerhead") is the main-stay of the Marine Corps. Its SCRAM engines enable it to fly in an atmosphere and in the vacuum of space. Following in the modular design of aircraft of the late 20th century, Hammerheads can be adapted for normal combat, search and rescue, and possibly other missions. The canopies of the craft are also detachable allowing docking with space platforms and safe ejection in space.