Air Raid

### First Appearance

Festival Of Stars Pt. 2 The Gala!Summertime Smackdown *(First Comic Appearance)*

Air Raid is an Aerialbot student with the talent Iron Skin.

## Official Bio

*Air Raid is the reckless rogue type of the Aerialbot Academy, content to break through obstacles with his armor and a prayer all that stands between him and destruction. In fact, this is his idea of fun, and it's short-sighted as all hell, but so far it's worked for him.*

## History

Air Raid became friends with Fireflight, Skydive, and Slingshot during childhood, and all four became students of the Aerialbot Academy, being put in Class 4-A. Like his fellow students, Air Raid travelled to Acadeimos for the Festival of the Stars, flying down to Autobot Academy once the shuttle reached the planet. *At some point he and Fireflight agreed to partner up for the Tournament of Heroes, but Air Raid didn't practice his fighting techniques and spent his time looking at books.*

In Summertime Smackdown, Air Raid was amongst the students who signed up for the holiday to Sirena set up by Hot Rodimus. When there, Air Raid and Fireflight played volleyball against fellow Aerialbot students Skyburst and Stormclash.

*During Festival Of Stars Pt. 1 Tournament Air Raid signed up for the Tournament of Heroes with Fireflight, and for their first fight they were matched up against Longshot and Saber.*

*Later in Festival Of Stars Pt. 2 The Gala! Air Raid stepped onto the field with Fireflight, and once the field switched to a desert environment and the Tournament Judge began the match he found himself getting fired upon by Longshot. Air Raid attempted to kick Longshot, only to mess and get shot in the leg. He then charged at Longshot, and when his opponent jumped over him, he flew after him and yelled that he'd have to try harder to beat someone who studied air combat tactics. Telling Fireflight that Longshot was tougher than he thought, Air Raid was told to switch opponents, and he aimed a flying kick at Saber. However, he missed and got slashed in the back, causing him to crash into the ground and tell Fireflight that switching opponents was a bad idea. Air Raid then aimed a double kick at Saber, but got hit by both of his opponent's swords in the chest, and was knocked out when he hit the ground again. Though Fireflight wasn't concerned by Air Raid's loss, it ended up leading to them losing the match.*

During the Festival of the Stars Air Raid watched the fight between Stiletto and Tap-Out in the Tournament of Heroes, and turned to look at Glyph when she yelled combat advice to her brother. While waiting for the next round, Air Raid was offered a bottle branded with a school insignia for sale from "Daytrader", but he merely told the salesman to get it out of his face.

### The Siege- Revised Timeline

After the Decepticons' failed attacked Acadeimos, Air Raid returned to Archon to finish his freshman year. He and his friends were selected for Project Unity due to the belief that their longtime bond would make it easier for them to form a Combiner.

A week later in Entry Turbulence the project still hadn't worked, and Air Raid took part in the forty-first attempt to combine. It failed once again, and Air Raid assured Silverbolt that he was dazed but otherwise unharmed by the attempted merging. Fireflight would cite Air Raid thinking with his powers as one of the differing personalities that kept the combination from working when he told Tap-Out why he had run off. Meanwhile, Air Raid was chatting with Stiletto when the group spotted Double Face, Demolishor, and Cyclone trying to sneak in, and he and his friends flew around in jet mode to avoid Demolishor's shots until Slingshot told Air Raid to ram into their attacker and knock him on his side. However, when they were congratulated by "Silverbolt", Air Raid noted that he had mixed up Fireflight's name and pointed out that he never forgot them when he took blows to the head. It turned out that Double Face had disguised himself as Silverbolt, but Air Raid and Skydive caught up to him after Slingshot tackled the fleeing criminal. However, the trio was then knocked away by a stomp from Tidal Wave, and when they flew in to attack him, Air Raid managed to kick him in the face, only to get headbutted to the ground. Defended from Double Face by Silverbolt and the returning Fireflight, Air Raid declared that something had to be done about Tidal Wave, and the united purpose of the five turned out to be the key to merging into Superion. After seperating, Air Raid was shocked to learn that Skydive was the one in the combination that was a metalhead. The group then went out for drinks and encouraged Slingshot to drink as fast as he could.

## Powers and Abilities

Air Raid has the talent of Iron Skin, which allows him to resist physical hits that most others can't.

In addition, Air Raid also possesses the ability to change forms, taking on the form of a Cybertronian Jet.

Air Raid can merge with several of his friends into the Combiner Superion.

## Relationships

### Allies

* Aerialbots
	+ Aerialbot Academy
		- Class 4-A
			* Surge - Homeroom Tutor
			* Barrel Roll - Classmate
			* Fireflight - Friend
			* Lightningshock - Classmate
			* Ruby-Wing - Classmate
			* Skydive - Friend
			* Slingshot - Friend
			* Starbreak - Classmate
			* Stiletto - Friend
			* Warpstrike - Classmate
		- Skyburst - Friend
		- Stormclash - Friend
* Autobots
	+ Autobot Academy
		- Glyph - Acquaintance
* "Daytrader"

### Enemies

* Autobots
	+ Autobot Academy
		- Longshot - Tournament Opponent
		- Saber - Tournament Opponent
* Decepticons
	+ Onslaught's Sect
		- Demolishor
	+ Tidal Wave

## Appearances

### Comic Issues

#### Season 2

* Summertime Smackdown *(First Comic Appearance)*
* Festival of the Stars

### Roleplay Arcs

#### Festival of Stars

* Festival Of Stars Pt. 2 The Gala! *(First Appearance)*

## Gallery

Air Raid in his vehicle modeAir Raid's swimwear from Summertime Smackdown
## Trivia

* Air Raid is based on the Generation 1 Autobot of the same name.
* Air Raid's design is based heavily on his design in Transformers: War for Cybertron (2010 Video Game).
	+ Air Raid shares his body-type with Jetbash and Soarstrike.

\*Homeroom Teacher.