I know that, but the screenwriter must have really hated that character from the original series. They changed his race, gave him a sex change and may have made them evil. Plus they killed off Jolly with the Sitting Ducks Squadron, who was often Boomer's wingman if I recall. Guess the writer didn't like Colonel Ty either since they changed him from a strong, assertive secondary character into an old balding alcoholic who gets beat up by women.