Editing Paolo McKay

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{{Character Data
| photo=Redwing.jpg
| callsign = Redwing
| seen=Exodus, Part II
| role=[[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilot
| actor=[[Lee Jefferies]]
| rank=Lieutenant
}}

Lieutenant '''Paolo "Redwing" McKay'''<ref>The name is shown in a shot when [[Margaret Edmonson]]'s [[Raptor]] rendezvous with his flight {{TRS|Escape Velocity}}.</ref> is a [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilot aboard ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]''.

McKay participates in the [[Battle of New Caprica]], flying as {{Callsign|Hotdog}}'s wingman {{TRS|Exodus, Part II}}.

Later, McKay leads a [[CAP]] with [[Margaret Edmonson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmonson]] and [[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]], before the [[Raptor]] loses control and violently crash-lands in ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> port landing bay {{TRS|Escape Velocity}}.

McKay is part of the pilots stationed on the [[Cylon Civil War|rebel Cylons']] baseship for a joint attack mission on the [[Resurrection Hub]]. When the plan requires the human pilots to entrust their lives to the Cylons, he confronts a [[Number Six]] about her piloting skills, but is told to back off by {{Callsign|Helo}} {{TRS|The Hub}}.

He participates in [[Gaeta's Mutiny]], and is reported as leading a [[marine]] fire team to secure ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]''{{'|s}} engine room {{TRS|The Oath}}.

As with other mutineers, he was paroled; McKay is later seen in the gathering in the hangar bay where Admiral [[William Adama]] announces [[Battle of the Colony|his intent to rescue]] [[Hera Agathon]]. He can be seen near [[Louis Hoshi]] and {{Callsign|Athena}} as Adama explains the purpose of the red line running down the center of the deck {{TRS|Daybreak, Part I}}.

==Notes==
[[File:TRS - Escape Velocity - Redwing in Mk VII Viper.jpg|thumb|McKay piloting a [[Viper Mark VII]] on [[CAP]] {{TRS|Escape Velocity}}.]]
* A [[w:Redwing|redwing]] is a type of bird in the thrush family, and the name of a [[w:Redwing (comics)|Marvel Comics character]].
* [[w:Operation Redwing|Operation Redwing]] was a nuclear test series performed by the United States.   

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