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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.
'''Alert Fighters''' are 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.


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.
==Notes==
The official definition taken from the Official Battlestar Galactica Magazine #3 is 'A rotating group of Colonial Vipers which are constantly ready for immediate launch.  Their function is to act as support from the Combat Air Patrol.


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Revision as of 03:04, 2 February 2006

Alert Fighters are 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.

The purpose of Alert Fighters are to support a Combat Air Patrol with the intercept or elimination of any incoming enemy threat.

Notes[edit]

The official definition taken from the Official Battlestar Galactica Magazine #3 is 'A rotating group of Colonial Vipers which are constantly ready for immediate launch. Their function is to act as support from the Combat Air Patrol.