Commander Air Group

2008-10-09T02:56:41Z

R2data: updated Galactica CAG

The '''Commander, Air Group''' ('''CAG''') is the senior pilot aboard a [[battlestar]], responsible for [[Air Wing]] operations and personnel. The billet is filled by the senior flight officer with a rank of captain or higher.

==Commander, Air Group battlestar ''Galactica''==
:''For a complete list of all Galactica CAGs, see: [[Senior_Staff_of_Galactica#Commander.2C_Air_Group|Senior Staff of Galactica]]''

*[[Captain]] [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]] ("[[The Son Also Rises]]" to "[[Six of One]]")
* Captain [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] ("[[Sine Qua Non]]" to present)

==Commander, Air Group battlestar ''Pegasus''==
* Captain [[Cole Taylor|Cole "Stinger" Taylor]] (Relieved by Admiral [[Helena Cain|Cain]] in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]")
* Captain [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] (Replaces Cole Taylor, but transfered back to ''Galactica'' by "[[Epiphanies]]". Temporarily transferred to ''Pegasus'' in "[[The Captain's Hand]]" and re-assigned to ''Galactica'' after "[[Razor]]")
* CAG at the time of destruction unknown

==See Also==
*[[List of terms (RDM)|List of terms in the Re-imagined Series]]

==Notes==
* CAGs have normally been captains throughout the series, but always senior to all other pilots. Captain [[Lee Adama]] is initially appointed CAG by virtue of his rank, and eventually is promoted to major with several captains serving under him as squadron commanders. Subsequent CAGs ([[Kara Thrace]], [[George Birch]], [[Louanne Katraine]]) are captains when appointed. In Thrace's case in "[[Pegasus]]", Lee Adama is demoted to a subordinate captain under her.
*"[[Wikipedia:Commander, Air Group|CAG]]" is a US Navy term that has gained widespread recognition through films and television series such as "Top Gun" and "JAG". The term "CAG" is obsolete as Air Groups are now known as Air Wings and the position is "Commander, Air Wing" (CAW), but it is still used, especially on an informal level. The term "Air Wing" is also used on ''Battlestar Galactica'' ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).
*The CAG's rank and place in the ship's hierarchy is one area where ''Battlestar Galactica'' diverges from the US Navy. In the real world, the CAG is a captain (O-6) of equal seniority to the ship's captain (or skipper), with both under the command of an admiral who commands the Carrier Strike Group. ''Battlestar Galactica'' places the CAG under the ship's commander, and at major or even captain he or she holds a relatively low rank.

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Class-D nuclear warhead

2008-09-10T09:01:40Z

R2data:

'''Class-D nuclear warheads''' are a type of nuclear weapon used by [[battlestar]]s and their [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] squadrons.

After news of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]] on the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol|Twelve Colonies]] and the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]], Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] orders a desperate search through Fleet database records for munitions depots to rearm the battlestar (whose own weapons were [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#Miniseries|destroyed as part of her scheduled decommissioning]]).

Little else is noted about the weapons, except that Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]]'s records indicate that 50 pallets of these warheads are kept at [[Ragnar Anchorage]] along with [[missiles]] and [[small-arms]] [[ammunition]]. ([[Miniseries, Night 1]]).

== Use of Colonial nuclear weapons ==

Insufficient information exists as to whether the other nuclear warheads seen through the series are also Class-D or of some other type. It is probable, but not verifiable, that ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' gave some of these weapons to ''Galactica'', when the two battlestars pooled their resources.

*One warhead is given to [[Gaius Baltar]] for his [[Cylon detector]] ([[Bastille Day]]), which he later hands over to [[Gina Inviere]] and the [[Demand Peace]] movement. In her depression, Inviere detonates the warhead, destroying ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' and several other civilian ships ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).
*''Galactica'' herself deploys and arms (but never fires) several nuclear missiles in a standoff against a Cylon expedition to the [[algae planet]] and the [[Temple of Five]] ([[The Eye of Jupiter]]).
*A strike team from ''Pegasus'' takes a nuclear warhead to the [[Guardian basestar]] and subsequently destroys it ([[Razor]]).

==Notes==
* In the United States military, Class-D is the designation of a relatively light-weight thermonuclear weapon. The W-28 warhead in the [[w:B28 nuclear bomb|B-28 TN bomb]] is an example of this type.

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