4th Alliance Air Wing
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Fourth Alliance Air Wing | |
Nickname | The Diamondbacks |
Affiliation | Outworlds Alliance |
Parent Command | Alliance Military Corps |
The Fourth Alliance Air Wing was an Alliance Military Corps aerospace fighter unit.
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History[edit]
The Fourth Alliance Air Wing, stationed on the southern continent of Lushann, was charged with defending the planet and Lushann Industries Limited during the Jihad. It has been speculated that the unit's presence may have had a role in the Word of Blake leaving the planet largely unmolested.[1]
The unit was assigned to protect Lushann and its vital petrochemical industries at all costs. The Diamondbacks were split into their component regiments to garrison the systems near Lushann as well. Regiments from the Fourth could be found on Lushann, Sevon, and Calish II in 3067.[2]
Traditionally the Fourth was equipped with AeroSpace Fighters produced by the Federated Suns, unlike most of the Alliance Air Wings which used fighters built in the Draconis Combine.[3] After the 1st Alliance Air Wing upgraded their AeroSpace Fighters, the Fourth was equipped with additional Seydlitz fighters. Rather than simply replace the fighters, the Fourth used them to build the Second Regiment into a reinforced unit of thirty fighters in three squadrons of ten fighters apiece.[4]
Officers[edit]
Rank | Name | Command | |
---|---|---|---|
Commanding Officers of the 4th Alliance Air Wing | |||
Chairman | Korshk Xerminsk | 3025[5] | |
Chairman | Edgar Donnelly | 3064 - 3085[3][6][7] | |
Chairman | Thurman Zapata | 3145[8] |
Tactics[edit]
The Second Regiment of the 4th Wing specializes in interception and fast attack, while the Third Regiment specializes in bombing ground targets.[3]
Composition History[edit]
3025[edit]
Fourth Air Regiment[5]
- CO: Chairman Korshk Xerminsk
First Air Wing (Regular/Reliable)[5]
- CO: Chairman Doba
Second Air Wing (Regular/Fanatical)[5]
- CO: Chairman Anthony Moraville
Third Air Wing (Regular/Reliable)[5]
- CO: Chairman Candice Sian-Marik
3064[edit]
Fourth Wing Command Regiment (Aces High) (4 Squadrons/Elite/Reliable)[3]
- CO: Chairman Edgar Donnelly
Fourth Wing Second Regiment (Jokers Wild) (3 Squadrons/Elite/Reliable)[3]
- CO: Chariman Brian Parker
Fourth Wing Third Regiment (Suicide Kings) (3 Squadrons/Elite/Fanatical)[3]
- CO: Chairman Karin Sigaty
Second Long Road Legion Command Battalion (Bad Moons) (1 Battalion/Regular/Reliable)[3]
- CO: Chairman Amanda Huggins
Second Long Road Legion Second Battalion (Full Moons) (1 Battalion/Green/Questionable)[3]
- CO: Chairman Damon Nagle
Second Long Road Legion Third Battalion (Quarter Moons) (1 Reinforced Battalion/Regular/Questionable)[3]
- CO: Chairman Tracy Pessino
3085[edit]
Fourth Alliance Air Wing Command Regiment (Elite/Fanatical)[7]
- CO: Chairman Edgar Donnelly
Second Regiment (Elite/Fanatical)[7]
- CO: Chairman Lori Gonzales
Third Regiment (Elite/Fanatical)[7]
- CO: Chairman Manuel Ortega
3145[edit]
Fourth Alliance Air Wing Command Regiment (Elite/Fanatical)[8]
- CO: Chairman Thurman Zapata
Second Regiment (Veteran/Fanatical)[8]
- CO: Chairman Denise McInnes
Third Regiment (Elite/Fanatical)[8]
- CO: Chairman Emilio Romao
References[edit]
- ↑ Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 163, "Lushann Industrials Limited"
- ↑ Field Manual: Periphery, p. 143
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Field Manual: Periphery, p. 96, "4th Alliance Air Wing Unit Profile"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 196
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 The Periphery (sourcebook), p. 115, "Deployment Table - 3025"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 203, "AMC Deployment Table - 3067"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Field Manual: 3085, p. 129: "Clan Military Forces"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Field Manual: 3145, p. 174, "Clan Force Deployments - Alliance Militia Corps"