181st Imperial Fighter Wing

The 181st Imperial Fighter Wing was a fighter wing of the Galactic Empire's Imperial Starfighter Corps. The group was known for the red stripes that adorned their starfighters, a menacing display to their victims that inspired fellow Imperial squadrons to adopt similar designs.
At some point before the Dissolution of the Imperial Senate in 0 BBY,The Dissolution of the Imperial Senate takes place during Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, the events of which Star Wars: Galactic Atlas places in the year 0 BBY. a member of the senatorial body advocated for the 181st to execute a raid on the Alliance to Restore the Republic. The mission proved to be disastrous, with the wing losing at least two men, including brothers of fellow TIE fighter pilot Havina Vonreg, to a volley of Alliance torpedoes. Hedrian, the youngest of the brothers, survived the initial attack and returned, injured, to his hangar before dying. She held the senator accountable for her brothers' deaths just as much she did the rebels.
During the Battle of Endor, the 181st Imperial Fighter Wing alongside the Imperial Sector Fleet and Scythe Squadron, and other Imperial units fought against the forces of the Alliance to Restore the Republic. Scythe Squadron and members of the 181st pursued Red Squadron and Gold Squadron into the DS-2 Death Star II Mobile Battle Station. Around 4 ABY,Star Wars: Squadrons dates its main story to four years after the battle at Fostar Haven, which takes place shortly after the destruction of Alderaan. As Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the destruction to 0 BBY, the game's main story must take place around 4 ABY. the pilot later mentioned the doomed mission to another member of her own starfighter unit, Titan Squadron.
==Behind the scenes==
The 181st Fighter Wing was mentioned in the current Star Wars canon continuity in the 2020 video game Star Wars: Squadrons, developed by Motive Studios. The "Ashen Cardinal," a paint job based on the wing's signature red stripes, is available as a "Rare" skin for the Imperial faction's starfighters in multiplayer modes. It can be unlocked by spending 400 Glory, one of the game's currencies.
The 181st Imperial Fighter Wing first debuted in the Star Wars Legends continuity through the 1997 comic X-Wing Rogue Squadron 21, written by Michael A. Stackpole.X-Wing Rogue Squadron 21 In Legends, they were notably portrayed as an elite Imperial TIE/IN interceptor unit known as the 181st Imperial Fighter Group, commanded by Baron of the Empire Colonel Soontir Fel. The group was also led at different points by Colonel Evir DerricoteX-Wing Rogue Squadron 25 and General Turr Phennir.X-Wing: Solo Command The trademark bloodstripes that donned the unit's TIE Interceptors were awarded to pilots with over ten kills.
==Appearances==
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*Star Wars: Squadrons 
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==Sources==
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*Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
==Notes and references==
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