| Genre: | Science fiction |
| Runtime: | 22 minutes |
| Developer: | Michael Edens Mark Edens |
| Producer: | Larry Latham |
| Director: | Larry Latham |
| Voices: | Mark Hamill Tom Wilson Malcolm McDowell Dana Delany |
| Composer: | Alexander van Bubenheim |
| Country: | United States |
| Company: | Universal Cartoon Studios USA Studios |
| Language: | English |
| Network: | USA Network |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 13 |
Wing Commander Academy is a 1996 American animated television series produced by Universal Cartoon Studios, along with a team led by Larry Latham.[1] The show was based on the Wing Commander franchise and loosely served as a prequel to Wing Commander. The show's aired from September 21[2] [3] to December 21, 1996, on the USA Network's "USA Action Extreme Team" block.[4]
The series featured many spacecraft introduced in the Wing Commander video games. The Scimitar and Broadsword were the primary fighters and bombers flown by the main characters, with the Dralthi and Grikath fulfilling those roles for the Kilrathi. As in Wing Commander I, the TCS Tiger's Claw was a Bengal class strike carrier. Individual episodes also featured cameo appearances from ships introduced in later games such as Wing Commander III's Arrow, Hellcat and Longbow and Wing Commander IV's Avenger. None of these ships are mentioned by name. A number of new capital ships were introduced by the series including the Achilles class destroyer and the Agan Ra Sivar class dreadnaught.
In March 2012, Visual Entertainment released Wing Commander Academy - The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 for the first time.[5] The series became available on the Peacock streaming service in July 2020.