the Air Commandos Gliders

The Air Commandos Glider is a simple, basic glider that was adopted by the Joe team for use in missions where air support is required, but powered vehicles are simply not available - or not an option. Of course, the glider can also be utilized for emergency air insertions or other missions where stealth is key. The glider can move at up to ninety miles per hour (intensity 3 flight), and has an effective material strength of 4.

As a glider, it will lose about twenty five feet of altitude (give or take) for every exchange it is in use, unless the pilot can pass an average difficulty Agility action while gliding; this allows him to maintain his present altitude. In fact, skilled gliders can actually increase their altitude (with thermals and such) by passing a challenging difficulty Agility action; it's tricky, but not necessarily impossible to pull off.

The glider itself is a long, wide affair, covered in one of three patterns - green and blue camouflage, black and green camouflage, or red, white and blue, depending on its pilot. Also, like its Cobra counterpart, the Air Commandos glider is equipped with two rapid-fire, 30mm cannons in the control rig that can be fired to inflict damage per a +5 weapon with each deadly burst - but have only a few exchanges worth of ammunition.

Furthermore, the glider's harness is built so that the pilot can fly it one handed, and fire a personal weapon with his other hand; this causes the pilot to control the glider at an increased difficulty level. Usually, the highly trained pilots of these attack gliders don't bother with this maneuver until they've expended the ammunition contained within the glider's inherent weapons, in that it's easier to attack a foe with those first.

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Gi Joe directories featuring a version of the Air Commandos Glider: