Wade Jackson

Lieutenant Wade Jackson is one of the four playable protagonists and Operator featured in Call of Duty: Vanguard.
==Biography==
A product of New York, pilot Wade Jackson is more at home in the sky than he is on the ground… And he is adamant on doing all his own stunts, even if the mission does not call for it.
Growing up in Brooklyn as a first-generation Italian-American, Jackson is a rebel who often finds himself first to a fight, especially if it’s about respect for his family. Bright, yet not engaged with traditional schooling, Jackson discovered his love for speed at the age of 16 through an afterschool repair club. He and his friends often took the vehicles at the shop for joyrides on the newly opened Interboro Parkway, where he would be the only daredevil able to tame the road’s dangerous curves at high speeds.
His newfound rigor for adrenaline paid off after high school, when he was accepted into the Navy’s enlisted aviation cadet program and earned his pilot’s wings in a dive bomber. Since then, he has become a true force in the Pacific.
Charismatic and enthusiastic, Wade enjoys a challenge and relishes the prospect of showing off his natural talents in the spotlight to prove he’s the best. He is egotistical and considers himself special, believing he can fix every problem through bold action.
As the daring hotshot of the group, Wade would rather be a lone wolf, but welcomes competent team members if they don’t get in his way of all his stunts and tricks. 
==Story==
===Battle of Midway===
He was the pilot of his fighter bomber S-17, with Mateo Hernandez serving as his tail gunner. At Midway, they were tasked with defending the American fleet against Japanese airplanes. They defended the squadron from many Zeroes and took down an aircraft carrier. A retaliation strike by the Japanese Zeroes resulted in a shortage of dive bombers. Nevertheless, Wade and Mateo volunteered to do another run and successfully sunk the 2nd aircraft carrier, declaring victory.The Battle of Midway
===Numa Numa Trail===
Seventeen months after Midway, the duo chased and destroyed more Zeroes, only to run afoul of the Japanese defenses in Bougainville. They were shot down, but survived the crash. With their plane destroyed, Mateo patched up an injured Wade before going to scout ahead. When Mateo did not return, Wade went to look for him as a Japanese patrol investigated the crash. Making his way through the jungle, he evaded Japanese troops, killing isolated ones, while searching for his partner and attempting to signal for help. He successfully found him, but was captured by the Japanese forces that were patrolling and scouting the area. 
In the Japanese camp, the officer in charge ordered his subordinate to ask Wade if he spoke their language. Before Wade could answer, he and Mateo were rescued by men of the 93rd Infantry Division, an all-African-American unit under the command of James "Booker" Washington. Having no choice but to help, the pilots fought alongside the squad. Coming to a bridge, Booker ordered Marvin Pelfrey to draw out the sniper on the other side while the rest of the group made a run for cover. Wade himself eliminated the Japanese sniper, and continued towards a ridge, losing Lenny to another ambush along the way. Arriving at a barbed wire emplacement, he crawled alongside Howard, the group's flamethrower operator, and helped him get unstuck from the wire, only for Howard to be shot and incapacitated by enemy fire. He took the flamethrower voluntarily from Booker, burning the pillbox and any Japanese soldier he came across. They then arrived at their objective: Several Japanese gun emplacements overlooking the airfield. 
The group neutralized the emplacements and regrouped with the tanks. Discovering an Aichi D3A dive bomber in the hangar, Wade protected the squad with a machine gun while they pushed the plane to the runway. He gave the gun back to the squad and flew away. He then flew to a place the 93rd were also attacking. The soldiers of the 93rd ducked down when they saw Wade's plane, assuming it was Japanese air reinforcements. Wade then bombed a position the Japanese were holed up in, where the soldiers courageously charged towards after realizing it was an Allied plane. Wade, as he saw the 93rd, saluted in respect as Booker did the same, and left the area.Numa Numa Trail
===Operation Watchtower and Joining Task Force Vanguard===
While relaxing at the British Solomon Islands in 1944, Wade and Mateo are having an argument over the former's recklessness while he complains of the ruined paint job on their plane. During this, they look up to the sky and see a plane over their location. The both of them then realize that the plane is about to crash and then run for cover. From behind a bush, they witness a British man exit the plane unscathed, calling out for Wade. Both he and Mateo then point their guns at him, demanding to know who he was. He introduces himself as Carver Butcher, stating that he needs "the best pilot in this goddamn war" to help him win it. Wade is flustered by the offer, but upon realizing that he would not be world-famous for his actions, he immediately denies the offer. When Butcher starts to have second thoughts about recruiting Wade, seeing as there were "other pilots," he tries to frantically regain Butcher's trust before Mateo steps in and convinces him of Wade's capabilities himself. They then leave the island on his plane, where Wade is irritated by Butcher calling out the plane's ruined paint.Vanguard Comic Issue #4: And Burn
===Berlin===
Under the command of Arthur Kingsley, Task Force Vanguard invaded a train going into Hamburg looking for files pertaining to Project Phoenix. Jackson is suspicious of Kingsley at this point, fueled by Lucas Riggs, but Kingsley explains that what information they had was too little and that they were there to find out more on "Phoenix". When the raid goes south, Wade is the only member of the task force to escape capture.Phoenix After he learns about his team's capture, Wade realized that any attempt to break the team out by himself would be futile, so he borrowed a bomb from Soviet forces and loaded it onto his plane before allowing himself to be captured. He is interrogated and tortured by Jannick Richter, who eventually throws him back into the cell with his teammates. Unfortunately, his capture results in Richard Webb being executed, as Kingsley had lied about Jackson being dead. Jackson reveals the bomb in his place to the others, however Polina Petrova and Riggs are distrustful of him, as he had supposedly left them behind. It takes Kingsley to convince the others that Wade is useful, and they eventually come up with a plan to escape, which succeeds. He mocks Richter and stuns him before watching Kingsley slowly stab the officer for killing his best friend. Riggs tells the team of Phoenix leader Hermann Freisinger's plan to leave the country and take the Reich underground, and the team rush to Tempelhof Airport and manage to capture him. He left to man the German plane on the runway, while the trio burned Freisinger to death. Later, Kingsley ordered Jackson to fly in pursuit of a secret V2 rocket facility codenamed "Aggregat."
==Personalization==
===Call of Duty: Vanguard===
====Skins====
Name 	Rarity 	Image 	How to obtain
Scouter 	 	 	Multiplayer: Get 100 Headshots.Zombies: Get 250 kills with Field Upgrades
Third Fleet 	 	 	Operator Level 10
Hothead 	 	 	Operator Level 20
Active Lifestyle 	 	 	Battle Pass Season Five Tier 90
Canary 	 	 	Battle Pass Season Four Tier 60
CDL At Home 	 	 	Call of Duty League Run It Back 2022 Bundle
CDL On The Road 	 	 	Call of Duty League Run It Back 2022 Bundle
Leatherclad 	 	 	Battle Pass Season Three Tier 20
New York Blues 	 	 	Battle Pass Season Two Tier 90
Warbond 	 	 	Reach Max Level with All Operators in the Hellhounds Unit
Ace Casual 	 	 	Flyboy Bundle
Bomber 	 	 	Task Force One Pack (Ultimate Edition Bonus)
Diesel Ace 	 	 	Hidden Agenda Bundle
King Of Hearts 	 	 	Get 15 Eliminations as the Flamenaut between February 11th and February 17th, 2022.
Long Duster 	 	 	Ruthless Precision Bundle
Ready For Takeoff 	 	 	DEW x Call of Duty: Vanguard PromotionAvailable between December 12th, 2021 and January 7th, 2022GameFuel Tropical Strike PromotionAvailable between May 18th, 2022 and December 31st, 2022
Squadleader 	 	 	Reach Max Level with All Operators in 4 Units
Antihero 	 	 	Measure for Measure Bundle
Bundled Up 	 	 	Battle Pass Season Two 20 Tier Skip Bundle
Cha-Cha 	 	 	Tracer Pack: - Cha-Cha Bundle
Dynastic Steel 	 	 	Forged Triumph Bundle
First Wave 	 	 	Season Two Combat Pack
Flacked Out 	 	 	Clan Challenge: Get 500 Wins, between June 22nd and June 29th, 2022
Flightdeck 	 	 	Bombardier Bundle
Grindiron 	 	 	Line of Scrimmage Bundle
Iron Lung 	 	 	Stylin' Skies Bundle
Kong 	 	 	Tracer Pack: Kong - Limited Time Bundle
Mecha Mesozoic 	 	 	Tracer Pack: Fossil Maker Mastercraft Bundle
Militant Frontline 	 	 	Boots on the Ground Bundle
Penumbra 	 	 	Clan Challenge: Get 2000 Headshots, between May 31st and June 5th, 2022
Call of Duty League Skins	Call of Duty League Skins	Call of Duty League Skins	Call of Duty League Skins
====Quips====
Name 	Rarity	Quote 	How to obtain
Deal With It 	 	"Hey, I'm better than you! Deal with it." 	Operator Level 2
No Shit 	 	"No guts, no glory... no shit." 	Operator Level 14
Another Victory	 	"Another victory courtesy of Wade Jackson."	Line of Scrimmage Bundle
Down In Flames 	 	"You're goin' down in flames, my friend." 	Forged Triumph Bundle
Eat My Exhaust 	 	"Eat my exhaust, asshole!" 	Forged Triumph Bundle
In My Shadow 	 	"How's it feel livin' in my shadow?" 	Line of Scrimmage Bundle
====Finishing Moves====
Name 	Rarity 	Preview 	How to obtain
Rack It 	 	 	Unlocked by default
Barrel It Up 	 	 	Operator Level 17
Cut The Crap 	 	 	Tracer Pack: - Cha-Cha Bundle
Universal Finishing Moves	Universal Finishing Moves	Universal Finishing Moves	Universal Finishing Moves
====Highlight Intros====
Name 	Rarity 	Preview 	How to obtain
Press Check 	 	 	Unlock by default
Batter Up 	 	 	Operator Level 15
Universal Highlight Intros	Universal Highlight Intros	Universal Highlight Intros	Universal Highlight Intros
====MVP Highlights====
Name 	Rarity 	Preview 	How to obtain
Pistol-Whip 	 	 	Unlocked by default
Grounder 	 	 	Operator Level 5
Grand Slam 	 	 	Flyboy Bundle
Hold Still 	 	 	Tracer Pack: - Cha-Cha Bundle
Universal MVP Highlights	Universal MVP Highlights	Universal MVP Highlights	Universal MVP Highlights
==Call of Duty: Mobile==
Wade appears in Call of Duty: Mobile and was added on February 28th, 2024, during Season 2: Lunar Dragon as part of the Dynastic Steel Lucky Box.
==Gallery==
===Call of Duty: Vanguard===
Wade Jackson Promo CODV.jpeg
1stAirFleet CockpitView CODV.png|Wade Jackson attacking the 1st Air Fleet.
Wade Pacific CODV.png
Wade Angry CODV.png
Wade Knocked Down CODV.png|Wade is knocked down.
Richter Choking Wade CODV.png|Jannick Richter chokes Wade.
Wade Choked CODV.png
You'd Want The Honors Boss CODV.png|Wade, Arthur and Lucas look at Richter.
Wade Excited CODV.png
Wade Flying Germany CODV.png
Wade Jackson MP Promo CODV.jpg|Wade in Numa Numa.
WadeJackson Operator Card VG.jpg|Jackson's operator card in Multiplayer.
Wade Operator Default CODV.png|Wade in-game.
Task Force Vanguard Promo CODV.jpg
WadeJackson with M1911.jpg|Jackson shooting the M1911.
Wade Antihero Skin Backwards CODV.png|The skull design on Wade Jackson's Antihero Skin.
Wade Jackson Season2 Promo CODV.jpg|Jackson as seen in Season Two.
Wade Jackson Season2 Promo2 CODV.jpg
Wade Bundled Up Skin in-game WZ.jpg|Wade with the "Bundled Up" skin in Warzone.
Wade First Wave Skin in Warzone.jpg|Wade wearing the "First Wave" skin in Warzone.
ShiNoNuma Promo3 Zombies CODV.jpg|Jackson in Shi No Numa.
ShiNoNuma Promo12 Zombies CODV.jpg
USS Texas Promo2 CODV.jpg|On USS Texas.
Wade Canary Skin in-game WZ.jpg|Wade wearing the "Canary" skin in Warzone.
Titanium Trials Promo2 WZ.jpg|Wade during the Titanium Trials: Endurance Event.
Wade SeasonFive Promo CODV.jpg|Wade as seen during Season Five.
Caldera SeasonFive Promo4 CODV.jpg
=== Call of Duty: Mobile ===
Wade Dynastic Steel in-game CODM.jpg|Wade's "Dynastic Steel" uniform in-game.
==Trivia==
*Wade Jackson is based on Vernon L. Micheel.https://www.engadget.com/call-of-duty-vanguard-november-5-174533819.html
*Wade's hobbies include drag racing and mechanics.
*Wade's favorite baseball team is the Brooklyn Dodgers."What? You know I'm a Dodgers fan-"
*Wade's hair is strangely colored blonde in the prequel comics, despite being black in-game.
*The skull design on the back of Wade's "Antihero" skin is similar to the skull design featured in Call of Duty: Ghosts, notably for Logan Walker.
*Wade will mention having an ex-girlfriend when picking up shotguns in Zombies."Ooh! These kick harder than my ex."
==References==
Category:Protagonists
Category:Call of Duty: Vanguard United States Navy Characters
Category:Call of Duty: Vanguard Task Force Vanguard Characters
Category:Call of Duty: Vanguard Operators
Category:Call of Duty: Warzone Characters
Category:Call of Duty: Mobile Characters