Skystriker (G.I. Joe)
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- Skystrikers are G.I. Joe aircraft from the Generation 1 continuity family.
As lethal as it is elegant, the Combat Jet XP-14F Skystriker—a modified version of the famous F-14 Tomcat—was the Joe team's first air combat vehicle and served alongside a host of would-be successors such as the Conquest X-30. The primary operator is Ace, although other Joes have been known to fly it on occasion.
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Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
G.I. Joe and the Transformers
After Power Station Alpha was hijacked, several Skystrikers—including one piloted by Ace—were among the units tasked with intercepting it. In typical form, they had the Cobra Rattlers dropping like Waspinator... err, flies. Power Struggle A number of Skystrikers were also used for the assault on the Decepticon base in Florida, where they teamed up with both Rattlers and Aerialbots to fight off Decepticon planes. ...All Fall Down!
Marvel UK
When neither Action Force's artillery nor the Autobots could stop Megatron, Flint ordered in the Skystrikers: by bombing the gas refinery Megatron was in, he hoped they'd take out the robot before he entered London. And they did! Ancient Relics!
Prime cartoon
The Skystriker was the mass production version of the aircraft used by Agent Fowler. He rallied a squadron of them to join in Ultra Magnus' assault on Darkmount. Though they were on standby for immediate deployment, they found the wait lengthy as Magnus' team was captured by the Decepticons. However, the timely arrival of a reformatted Optimus Prime quickly turned the tide in the Autobots' favor, and when Magnus reported their leader's return, Fowler scrambled the squadron. After Optimus disabled Darkmount's fusion cannons, the Skystrikers brought Darkmount crumbling to the ground. Rebellion
Games
Transformers: Earth Wars
Jetfire Skystriker
Jetfire is accompanied this time with Snake-Eyes.
- Class: Aerial
- Lowest Star Rating: 2 stars
- Ability: Ninja Strike - Fire 4 powerful rockets at a target building dealing damage. You also fire 16 missiles dealing damage in an area. In flight mode, the Sky Striker is invisible to the enemies.
- Cost: 5 ability points, +2 for reuses.
Jetfire Skystriker at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki
Toys
G.I. Joe and the Transformers
- Starscream Sky Striker (XP-21F) with Cobra Commander (2011)
- Accessories: two AIM-9 short-range missiles, two AIM-7 medium-range missiles, two AIM-54 long-range missiles, TARPS pod
- An exclusive release for San Diego Comic-Con 2011, this is a redeco of the 2011 new-mold Sky Striker in Starscream's colours. It includes Cobra Commander in a flight suit, wielding a "human-scaled" Megatron pistol. It also comes with a whole load of missiles, and an enormous number of stickers.
- The Epic Conclusion! box set (July 18, 2013)
- Accessories: Booster engines, four AIM-9 short-range missiles, four AIM-7 medium-range missiles, two AIM-54 long-range missiles, TARPS pod
- Exclusive to San Diego Comic-Con 2013, "Autobot Jetfire" is a redeco of the same Sky Striker mold as Starscream. New to this set is a large accessory designed after Jetfire's characteristic booster engines; this pack can mount on top of Jetfire using the slots that would otherwise be used for his vertical tail fins, which can instead attach to the engines as horizontal fins. Jetfire features an opening cockpit that can seat a figure. The set also comes with a redecoed VAMP representing Hound, a new Snake-Eyes figure bearing an Autobot symbol, a Baroness figure with Ravage on a leash, a Bludgeon figure, and a Blaster boombox with cassette pieces representing Steeljaw, Ramhorn, and Eject.
Notes
- The XP-14F Skystriker should not be confused with the Tiger Force pilot of the same name.
- Frank Todaro voiced Cobra Commander for a video about the HasLab Skystriker in 2021.
