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The SkyHawk Jumpjet is equipped with four 50mm cannons<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], page 261 "opened fire with its 50mm cannons"</ref> as well as [[Scorpion Missile|Scorpion Anti-Tank missiles]]. <ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]] | The SkyHawk Jumpjet is equipped with four 50mm cannons<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], page 261 "opened fire with its 50mm cannons"</ref> as well as [[Scorpion Missile|Scorpion Anti-Tank missiles]]. <ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]] page 261</ref> Several of these craft were located at [[Fairchild Field]] on [[Reach]], and one was dispatched by [[Colonel]] [[James Ackerson]] to attack [[SPARTAN-117]] and [[Cortana]] during their test of the [[MJOLNIR#MJOLNIR_Mark_V|MJOLNIR Mark V]] Battle [[Armor]] and its new shield technology in [[2552]]. Despite all expectations, the [[Spartan-II]] and [[Cortana]] managed to endure its cannons' strafing run and avoid its guided anti-tank missiles by simply deflecting it at the last moment, proving the Spartan-[[AI]] team far more successful than ever expected.<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], page 261</ref> | ||
These aircraft are capable of supersonic flight, and can execute quick turns at maximum speed. | These aircraft are capable of supersonic flight, and can execute quick turns at maximum speed. | ||
Revision as of 17:23, March 11, 2010
The Skyhawk Fighter is a United Nations Space Command Strike Fighter. [1]
Background
The SkyHawk Jumpjet is equipped with four 50mm cannons[2] as well as Scorpion Anti-Tank missiles. [3] Several of these craft were located at Fairchild Field on Reach, and one was dispatched by Colonel James Ackerson to attack SPARTAN-117 and Cortana during their test of the MJOLNIR Mark V Battle Armor and its new shield technology in 2552. Despite all expectations, the Spartan-II and Cortana managed to endure its cannons' strafing run and avoid its guided anti-tank missiles by simply deflecting it at the last moment, proving the Spartan-AI team far more successful than ever expected.[4]
These aircraft are capable of supersonic flight, and can execute quick turns at maximum speed.
Trivia
- It has only been referenced in the Halo: The Fall of Reach novel, and does not appear in any other games or novels.
- It shares its name with a real life fighter jet, named the A-4 Skyhawk, and may be its spiritual successor, since both have a similar role in their respective military.
- Its name, like very many other UNSC vehicles, is named after an animal.
Sources
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 261 "opened fire with its 50mm cannons"
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach page 261
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 261
