Air Strike Patrol
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- The Air Strike Patrol is a team ofDecepticonMicromastersfrom theGeneration 1continuity family.
Among the first Decepticon Micromasters, theAir Strike Patrolhave much in common with their larger brethren theSeekers,the majority of the team taking after one in particular, the treacherousStarscream.Constantly fighting amongst themselves to claim credit for their successes and blame the others for their failures, the junior members actively seek to usurp team leaderWhisper's leadership and are about as successful as the DecepticonAir Commanderin that regard.
The Air Strike Patrol consists of:
- Whisper(leader)
- Nightflight
- Storm Cloud
- Tailwind
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Fiction
MarvelThe Transformerscomics
When theRace Car Patrolentered the headquarters ofThunderwingonCybertronto rescue their capturedBattle Patrolcomrades and keep the Micromaster process out of Decepticon hands, they discovered the incomplete bodies of theSports Car Patrolbefore running into the completed Air Strike Patrol.Roadhandlerwas able to trick these newest Decepticon warriors into fleeing with the aid of the deactivated bomb intended to destroy the Battle Patrol.A Small War!
When Roadhandler became an overnight wrestling sensation onEarth,Scorponokrequested new warriors from Cybertron to counter the Autobot Micromasters' building public adulation. The Micromaster Air Strike Patrol subsequently arrived, donated by a Decepticon on Cybertron with an unknown, mysterious identity. While Storm Cloud challenged Roadhandler in the ring, the other members of the patrol swept the skies outside, keeping Roadhandler's fan club from entering.The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!
Unknown to Scorponok, the patrol's secret employer wasMegatron,who then sent the team on a mission toMacDill Air Force Base,capturing theB-204refuelling plane. When theAutobotsinevitably arrived, the team contacted Scorponok to tell him that they were under attack.Back from the DeadAfter a brief confrontation withOptimus Primeand the arrival of Scorponok's Decepticons, the Air Strike Patrol fled, their mission completed.The Resurrection Gambit!
Whisper turned private assassin and was given an open contract on all Autobot generals, with his patrolmates giving him support. They fought theRescue Patrol,who were hunting Whisper, in an Earthen forest; Optimus Prime called the Rescue Patrol back to prevent damage to the environment, allowing the Decepticons to escape.The Greatest Gift of All!
A news team followed them across the southernUnited States,where finally the group descended on an oil refinery. When they attacked, the human civilians were defended byHector Dialonzo,a human with extraordinary powers. While on film, the Air Strike Patrol met their demise at Hector's hands.The Human Factor!
Marvel UK future timelines
In an alternate timeline whereUnicrondidn't find Cybertron until2006,the Air Strike Patrol took Megatron's side in aDecepticon Civil Waragainst factions led by Scorponok andShockwavein the year1991.Near the end of that war, the Patrol chased Scorponok, alone, into a human settlement. Scorponok maneuvered a team of Autobots into combatting the Patrol for him, enabling him to escape.Aspects of Evil!
Transformers Comic-Magazin
The Battle Patrol and Air Strike Patrol appeared from an air vortex that acted as a gate to another dimension, to join their fellow Decepticons on Earth. Later, they were present when the Decepticons unleashed a robotic hell-beast known as 'King Con' on New York; however Optimus Prime rented a helicopter to fly a banner announcing huge raw oil deposit finds in the Rocky Mountains. After a short hesitation, the Decepticons retreated to pursue these findings.New York — A City Sinking in Terror
War for Cybertron Trilogymarketing material
Games
Transformers Legends
Dreadwindand the Air Strike Patrol conqueredGarrus-9,though their triumph was short-lived as theWreckersarrived a bit later and liberated it.The Wreckers
Toys
The Transformers
- Air Strike Patrol(Micromaster Patrol,1988)
- All four members of the Air Strike Patrol came packaged on a single card, as part of the first year of Micromasters assortments, released in the sixth year of the originalThe Transformerstoyline.
- Together with theOff Road Patroland theRace Car Patrol,the Air Strike Patrol was released by Hasbro in late 1988 (basically, a case of "next year product" being released at the end of the old year), in packaging that differed from the "proper" 1989The TransformersMicromasters' redesigned packaging (silver cards and boxes featuring an all-new "Transformers" logo) by retaining a variation of the faction-specific color-coded gradient background on the card and featuring a unique "Micro Transformers" title in a variation of the old, pre-1989 "Transformers" logo. This same basic packaging design was also used for Canada (albeit bilingual English/French) and parts of Europe (bilingual French/Dutch, and Italian-only packaging distributed byGiG). However, a variant of sorts featuring the later 1989 packaging design also exists, and was released (in English-only packaging) in the United Kingdom, where it was sold at Woolworth's stores.
- These figures were released in Japan without changes as the Japanese AutobotJet Patrol Team.
- All four members wereredecoedinto the commanders of Micromaster playsets: Micromaster Station commandersHot HouseandAirwave,and small Micromaster Base commandersGroundshakerandSkyhopper.
Universe(2008)
- Stormcloud(Ultra Class,2008)
- Stormcloud is a redeco ofUniversePowerglide,transforming into an A-10 (though the nose looks more like that of its canceled counterpart, the Northrop YA-9, probably for licensing reasons).
- In vehicle mode, pressing the prominent orange button on the jet's fuselage triggers three electronic sound effects (an engine ignition, a swooping noise and a barrage of machine-gun fire that persists for as long as you hold down the button, the same ones are used for Universe Silverbolt), accompanied by LEDs in the turbines and cockpit. During transformation to robot mode, the classic transformation sound effect is triggered as the torso is moved into place; it plays in reverse as he is transformed back to vehicle mode. In robot mode, pressing the orange button triggers the machine-gun sound effect only, with newly-exposed lights illuminating Stormcloud's eyes as well as those seen in jet mode.
- In robot mode, Stormcloud features a wide range of articulation, and can wield in his hand the thermal missile launcher which mounts under his jet mode nosecone. Amusingly, Stormcloud's chestplate can flip up to reveal the raised image of a heart from the Powerglide mold. Who knew that a Decepticon like him has one?
War for Cybertron: Siege
- Storm Cloud & Visper(Micromaster,2019)
- Part of the first wave ofSiegeMicromasters, the Air Strike Patrol is a pair of new molds.Storm CloudandVispertransform from robots to military jets and back. They can also combine with each other to form the "Circuitstream Spyblade", inspired by theArmadaDark SaberandVorpal Saber.As a part of theC.O.M.B.A.T. System,their weapon mode can be attached to any toy with a5 mm post-hole.
- Autobots vs. Decepticons(Micromaster multi-pack, 2019)
- ID number:WFC-S61
- SiegeNightflight is aredecoofVisper,transforming into a vaguely-Cybertronic stealth jet. As part of theC.O.M.B.A.T. System,he can also form the blade of the "Dual-Edged Soundbreaker Sword" short sword when combined with his pack-in partnerSlyhopper(or any other iteration of that mold). He can also go with your Decepticon Air Patrol Micromasters, if you are so inclined.
- He was only available as part of aTargetexclusiveten-pack of Micromasters, which includes the AutobotsGround Shaker(who uses the same mold as Nightflight),Irontread,Overair,Ricon,Road-Police,andWheel Blaze,and the DecepticonsCratermaker,Fireline,and Slyhopper. Perhaps surprisingly, he and Overair do not share a mold.
Notes
- The Air Strike Patrol is one of two Micromaster teams to be redecoed in their entirety within the U.S.Generation 1 toyline,the other being theConstructor Squad.
Foreign names
- French:Patrouille Aérienne( "Air Patrol" ),Patrouille en avion(Siege,"Air Patrol" )
- Italian:Interceptors
- Portuguese:Patrulha Aérea( "Air Patrol" )
- Spanish:Patrulla Aérea( "Air Patrol" )
