Forum:Search for sppecific anime

err im looking for this anime right, problem is i dont know wat its called, coz i watched when i was a kid in some1 elses house. im prettty shure its from the 90's, the two main charecters are freinds who are pilots. one flys a plane manually,( normel and stufff) the other uses some new technology which connects the plane to his brain. also both plane turn into robots and stand up. there able to shoot whith wat looks like a massive handgun( when there in that form a bit like transformers). they also have sheilds. i know there are a lot of anime movies with these ingredients but if sum1 could suggest a list it will make the search a lot easier.
 * Sounds a bit like original Super Dimension Fortress Macross series of the Macross franchise. ~ NOTASTAFF Dantman(Local Talk &#8285; Animanga Talk)