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'''Alert fighters''' are a group of [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]]s "standing by" within a [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]]'s [[launch tubes]] with their pilots in or very near their cockpits in preparation for a quick launch, and are analogous to modern day "alert five" aircraft. | '''Alert fighters''' are a group of [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]]s "standing by" within a [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]]'s [[launch tubes (RDM)|launch tubes]] with their pilots in or very near their cockpits in preparation for a quick launch, and are analogous to modern day "alert five" aircraft. | ||
The purpose of alert fighters are to support a [[Combat Air Patrol]] with the intercept or elimination of any incoming enemy threat. | The purpose of alert fighters are to support a [[Combat Air Patrol]] with the intercept or elimination of any incoming enemy threat. | ||
Revision as of 04:50, 8 January 2007
Alert fighters are a group of Vipers "standing by" within a battlestar's launch tubes with their pilots in or very near their cockpits in preparation for a quick launch, and are analogous to modern day "alert five" aircraft.
The purpose of alert fighters are to support a Combat Air Patrol with the intercept or elimination of any incoming enemy threat.