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:''Runway is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Runway-SuArt.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I love it when a plan comes together.]]

'''Runway''' is the de facto leader of the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Mini-Con Team]], and also the most talkative of the three. Though reluctant to enter battle, he's an incredibly skilled and quick-witted commander. Given a little time, he can come up with some truly bizarrely-genius ploys that look suicidal at first, but really work out. Even though he's the brains and mouth of the Team, Runway trusts his teammates implicitly, and always looks to them before acting.

:''Japanese name:'' '''Jetter'''

==Fiction==
===''Armada'' cartoon===
[[Image:Ruin-Star Saber Minicons.jpg|left|155px|thumb|The animators took tips from [[:Image:Bludgeonstrangleholdoctopunchmodelsheet.jpg|José Delbo]] and [[:Image:Transfixatron.jpg|AKOM]] in [[character model]] tracing.]]

Runway's Mini-Con storage panel was recovered from a volcanic island by the Autobots. His was the second of three Star Saber panels the Autobots had recovered, with Megatron having already found the third. {{storylink|Prehistory}}

[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] used [[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]], his Air Defense Team Mini-Con, to track down the other members of his trio and pinpoint the Autobot base. When they came into the presence of [[Jetstorm (Armada)|Jetstorm]] and Runway, Megatron and Sonar were able to activate the other two and forge the Star Saber for the first time in millennia. Before Megatron could fully [[powerlinx]] with the sword, however, it was knocked from his hand and fell into [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]'s grasp. Hot Shot had the Star Saber scan his image, and so he became the primary wielder of the most powerful weapon in the galaxy. {{storylink|Swoop (episode)|Swoop}}

Hot Shot continued to partner with Runway and his comrades, using the Star Saber at every available opportunity. He used them to battle [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] and [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] out in some grassy fields. {{storylink|Overmatch}} Next, he brought the Air Defense Team to the big city, and confronted Scavenger again before finally using the Star Saber to cleave through an entire highway, setting the mercenary up for a great big fall. {{storylink|Gale}}

Runway and the others soon exchanged hands, however, thanks to a carefully orchestrated plot by the turncoat, [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]]. After tricking Hot Shot into traveling to the Decepticon base on the moon, Sideways got him to relinquish control of the Star Saber long enough for Starscream to powerlinx with the trio instead, claiming the sword as his own. {{storylink|Credulous}} The Decepticons celebrated a streak of victories after claiming the Star Saber, although Megatron wasn't satisfied until he manipulated Starscream into giving over personal control of the Star Saber to him. {{storylink|Conspiracy}} Megatron used Runway and his comrades in battle at every opportunity, relishing in the power he gained from the Star Saber. Even the mighty sword didn't stop Scavenger and Optimus Prime from humiliating him in one conflict, though. {{storylink|Trust (Armada)|Trust}}

Megatron continued to use his new sword in every battle that followed, so much so that Runway and the others were rarely seen in their separate forms. After he gained the [[Skyboom Shield]] as well, Megatron attempted to destroy Optimus Prime once and for all by wielding the Air Defense Team and Race Team in battle at once. He failed, and ended up losing the shield to the Autobots. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}}

The Star Saber remained Megatron's favorite toy in battle, but the tide had truly turned once the Autobots took possession of the Skyboom Shield. Perhaps considering that methods other than brute force were needed, Megatron summoned the tactician [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] to Earth. Thrust acquired the [[Air Military Team]], who supplemented Runway and the Air Defense Team as a considerable air force. This marked the first occasion where Megatron allowed others to use the Defense Team since swiping them from Starscream, and utilizing them as individuals instead of just as the sword. Thrust used Runway and the others in a trap for the Autobots at the bottom of a deep ravine, and the Decepticons only lost due to the timely arrival of [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]. {{storylink|Tactician}}

Thrust and the Decepticon Mini-Con Air Force struck again in another airborne struggle, where Jetfire was confronted by nearly a dozen flying Decepticon and Mini-Con opponents, cut off from his ground-based comrades. Sonar, Runway and Jetstorm kept him distracted until Megatron summoned them to form the Star Saber against the other Autobots. {{storylink|Linkup}} With Thrust's tactical scenarios in full play, Runway and the Air Defense Team continued to alternate between serving in the Decepticon Air Force and as Megatron's personal Star Saber. {{storylink|Desperate}}

After Megatron set his eyes on a new prize, the [[Requiem Blaster]], he reluctantly passed off the Star Saber to Starscream as part of a plot to steal the Blaster from the Autobots. Starscream was given the sword to call the Autobots out for combat, but was soon abandoned on the battlefield when Thrust closed the warp field behind him, leaving Starscream alone and stranded in the midst of enemies. He tried to fight Optimus Prime with the Star Saber, but Prime continually refused to strike back, saying his only concern was the protection of the Mini-Cons. This apparently penetrated the processors of Runway and the others, as the Star Saber powered down in Starscream's hands, and he couldn't get the blade to work for him any more against Optimus. {{storylink|Sacrifice}}

Battered and bruised, Starscream eventually made his way back to the Decepticon moon base with Runway and the Air Defense Team in tow. Megatron off-handedly brushed off the fact that they deserted Starscream, and told him to get himself cleaned up. While rejuvenating in an energon bath, Starscream generously invited Runway, Sonar and Jetstorm to join him in the chamber. After Starscream overheard Megatron and Thrust plotting to further mistreat him, he abandoned the Decepticon cause and took the Air Defense Team with him. The Star Saber Mini-Cons reunited with the Autobots when Starscream joined his former enemies in the hopes of gaining revenge against Megatron. In fact, it was the concern that Runway and the others showed for Starscream that helped convince Optimus Prime to accept Starscream into their ranks. {{storylink|Regeneration}}

After Starscream failed to revenge himself upon Megatron during a moon raid, he used the Star Saber to take out his fury on some rock formations around the Autobot base. Runway and the other Mini-Cons tried to calm him down, but to no avail. Starscream brought the Star Saber with him on the next mission, to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], but he ignored the search for the Mini-Con because of his obsession with facing Megatron. Runway and his partners had to seek out [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] to bring Starscream back in line with the mission. {{storylink|Mars (episode)|Mars}} When Starscream decided to return to the Decepticons, he brought Runway and the Air Defense Team back with him as well, uniting the three Mini-Con super-weapons under Decepticon control. {{storylink|Crack}}

Runway and the Air Defense Team had little time to act as individuals after that, remaining powerlinxed as the Star Saber while the Decepticons used the sword as one-third of the [[Hydra Cannon]], before it was stolen by [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] and used to provide power to the heart of Unicron. Runway, Sonar and Jetstorm reawakened as individuals with the help of [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] and the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team|Street Action Team]], who had journeyed to Unicron's core with Optimus Prime, [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] and the Earth children to grant the super-weapon Mini-Cons their freedom. {{storylink|Origin}} Runway fled Unicron aboard the Autobot [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] just before the Chaos-Bringer was finally destroyed. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comics===
Runway and his fellow team members, [[Jetstorm (Armada)|Jetstorm]] and [[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]], used to live in [[Mini-Con Sector|Mini-Con Village B13]], one of the first to be attacked by the [[Decepticon]]s. After managing to escape imprisonment in [[Decepticon Headquarters (Armada)|Decepticon Headquarters]], they took refuge in the [[Garbage Disposal District]], salvaged [[Exodus (Armada)|an old starship]] and thought up a plan to free their fellow Mini-Cons and leave the planet. To this end, they recruited [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] after finding him injured near Village C52. The mission was a complete success, and the Air Defense Team successfully rescued all the Mini-Cons in the Decepticon base and left for the deep reaches of space. Unfortunately, their ship started malfunctioning shortly after takeoff. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 2|Armada #2}}

The ship crashed on [[Earth]], and its occupants were left deactivated for roughly a million years. When the Air Defense Team woke up, they hid in a meat processing plant in [[Rapid City]] and began to plan for a way to get their war off this planet as well. Most of the planning was left to Runway, though, as Jetstorm and Sonar were incapable of creative thoughts. But it didn't matter in the end, as the Decepticons found them, captured them and forcibly combined them into the powerful [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6|Armada #6}} [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] used the sword to attack the [[Autobot]] base, but [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] took it from him and begged the Air Defense Team to fight Megatron's control and remember who they were. His pleas got through, and Runway and his teammates separated and fought back against the Decepticons. They still didn't want to join the Autobots, though, and went back into hiding. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 7|Armada #7}}

Some time later, the Air Defense Team was summoned to a [[Mini-Con Ark|strange structure]] in [[Kansas]]. Mindlessly, they flew to to the structure and entered it, and it turned out to be a starship designed to bring them to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Armada #8}} They arrived at a [[Mini-Con Moonbase|fortress base]] constructed there by the Mini-Cons, and Runway, Sparkplug and [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]] were taken on an extended tour around the base by [[Dualor]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} The three were returned to the other "guests" just before the Decepticons attacked the base. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}}

Following the evacuation of the moonbase, Runway and his teammates disappeared for a while. They returned when a larger threat than the Decepticons showed up in the form of a [[Herald of Unicron]]. Against their better judgment, the Air Defense Team came to Megatron's aid and combined into the Star Saber, allowing him to defeat his [[Galvatron (G1)|powerful opponent]]. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} Thankfully, Megatron didn't get to keep his hold on the Star Saber, as the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team]] distracted him and allowed the Air Defense Team to separate and escape. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}

The Herald of Unicron was soon followed by [[Unicron]] himself, so all the Mini-Cons on Earth gathered to join the fight against him. After returning to Cybertron, Runway joined the rest of the Mini-Cons in channeling their energies through the [[Mini-Con Matrix]] and heavily damaging Unicron. {{storylink|The End}}

===Panini ''Armada'' comics===
{{note|In the Panini comics, Runway's name and personality were switched with [[Jetstorm (Armada)|Jetstorm]]'s (see [[#Notes|Notes]] for more information). This article considers this to be an error, and the events below relate to the Mini-Con with Runway's body rather the Mini-Con with Runway's name.}}

Runway was among the Mini-Cons who ended up near [[Lincoln]], [[Nebraska]] when their ship crashed, but he disappeared shortly after being reactivated. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Deep Trouble!}} Alongside his teammates, he began performing various heroic deeds around the country, such as diverting a falling satellite from crashing in [[Chicago]]. However, this accident turned out to be bait set by [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], who was out to capture the team. Runway and Sonar's firepower failed to affect him, but thankfully, they were saved by a team of Autobots. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 5|Devices and Desires!}}

The Air Defense Team wanted to get off Earth, and they decided that the best (if not the nicest) way to do it was to steal a [[human]] spaceship. But when they broke into a NASA facility, they found soldiers from the [[Extra-Terrestrial Response Division]] waiting for them. Before he could react, Runway was shot and incapacitated by the humans' "scramblers" and taken to [[Area 54]] alongside his teammates. Unlike the others, he didn't wake up automatically, but had to have his auxiliary processor rebooted by Sonar. Meanwhile, Jetstorm found that the ERTD had captured [[Land Military Mini-Con Team|another team]] of Mini-Cons, but the Air Defense Team was forced to flee the complex before they could do anything about it. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 5|'We Are Not Alone!'}}

A while later, the Air Defense Team was again hunted down by Starscream, who had placed a tracer on Jetstorm during their last meeting. After defeating them in combat, the Decepticon disengaged their personality chips and combined them into the legendary Star Saber, which he promptly used to assault the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Street Action Team]]. However, Starscream didn't know only the will of the Air Defense Team members could keep the Star Saber's power in check, so without their personalities intact, the weapon quickly went out of control. As its power threatened to rip the Earth apart, Optimus Prime showed up and urged Runway and the others to separate our of their own free will. His words reached them, and the planet was saved. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|The Two-Edged Blade!}} The Air Defense Team subsequently told the Autobots about the Mini-Cons captured by the ERDT and managed to track them down thanks to [[Amos Hume]]. As they found the Land Military Team, Runway told his comrades to disable the humans' technology with [[pulse disruptor beam]]s. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|Sale of the Century!}}

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==Toys==
===Armada===
[[Image:Ar-toy RunwayADT.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A little bottle of BADASS!]]
*'''Air Defense Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con Team, 2002/2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MM-02'''

: Runway transforms into a Boeing Sonic Cruiser concept jet plane. He also forms the tip to the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] sword, which can be held by any other Transformer that has 5mm fist-holes. This version came with his partners [[Jetstorm (Armada)|Jetstorm]] and [[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]].

: This mold was also used to make [[Jackknife]]. It was later [[retool]]ed to make ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Wreckage (Energon)|Wreckage]], [[Beacon]], and ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Sunstorm (Mini-Con)|Sunstorm]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Runway/runway.htm More information on Runway at TFU.info]''

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*'''Hot Rod and Jolt with Air Defense Micron''' (Multi-pack. 2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MS-01'''

: For the Team's [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] release, they were available both as an individual set, and in a multi-pack with Hot Shot. All of the toys in the set are identical to their individual releases.

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*'''Air Defense Micron X-Dimension''' (Mini-Con Team, 2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MM-07'''

: A [[redeco]] of the Air Defense Team was available in a shorter run in Japan. The [[X-Dimension Mini-Cons|X-Dimension]] Air Defense Team changed the opaque plastics to orange and red, and the paint trim to match. Though fans have dubbed the combined form the "Fire Saber", this name does not appear to be official.

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*'''Jetter''' (Change Micron, 2003)

: Available only in individual boxes each with a small bag of sugar-pellet candy, the [[Kabaya]] [[candy toy]] versions of the Team replaced the clear plastics with opaque white. This version is actually a completely new mold-set, with various small differences from the [[Hasbro]]/Takara releases.

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*'''Jetter''' (Micron Booster, 2003)
**''Booster ID number:'' '''3'''

: Part of the first [[Micron Booster]] set, sold only in individual blind-packed boxes, this version of the Air Defense Team is almost wholly identical to the normal retail release. The only difference is that this version is cast in slightly-sparkly plastic and uses slightly-sparkly paint. The difference is almost unnoticeable unless you look at the two versions side-by-side.

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*'''Air Assault Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con Team, 2003)

: A "tainted by evil" redeco of the Team released by Hasbro, this version of the trio replaces the transparent plastic with opaque off-white, the other colors turning predominantly black and purple.

: This coloration was altered for the Takara [[Aerial Extermination Mini-Con Team|Air Assault Mini-Con Team]], who are separate characters from the Air Defense Team.

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*'''Air Defense Micron Anime Color''' (Mini-Con Team, 2003)

: Cast entirely in blue and clear-blue plastics, this incarnation of the Air Defense Team is supposed to represent the Star Saber as it appears in the cartoon, with a glowing blue "energy blade". It was only available as a pack-in with the CD single of the ''Micron Legend'' cartoon ending theme, "[[Never Ending Road]]", by [[Psychic Lover]].

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==Notes==
* The Air Defense Team is the only one of the three "legendary Mini-Con weapons" Teams to appear in either of ''Armada'''s sequel-series.

* Runway and Jetstorm's names are reversed in the original Air Defense Team's instructions. Their names are ''also'' reversed in several licensed ''Armada'' print material, like the coloring and activity books put out by [[Bendon Publishing International, Inc.]], as well as in the DK Readers book "[[The Quest]]". Finally, it also happened on several occasions in the actual Armada television show. One of the few places it didn't happen was with the Dreamwave comics, but with the character's first appearance, the name was misspelled "Runaway". Fortunately, this didn't crop up again.

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Jetstorm (Armada)

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:''Jetstorm is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] continuity family.''

[[Image:Jetstorm-SuArt.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Not Runway, apparently.]]
'''Jetstorm''' is bottling up a whole lot of anger and resentment against the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]]. He hides it all under an air of good-naturedness, and tends to simply follow whatever plans his teammates [[Runway]] and [[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]] come up with. He's afraid of his own anger, especially since he knows that evil intent can warp the power of the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Team's]] combined mode, the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], so he tries hard to stay calm and cool. It's better to be thought of as simple-minded than unleash an evil onto the universe for the Decepticons to control, he figures.

:''Japanese name:'' '''Mach'''

==Fiction==
===''Armada'' cartoon===
[[Image:Ruin-Star Saber Minicons.jpg|left|155px|thumb|The animators took tips from [[:Image:Bludgeonstrangleholdoctopunchmodelsheet.jpg|José Delbo]] and [[:Image:Transfixatron.jpg|AKOM]] in [[character model]] tracing.]]
Jetstorm's [[Mini-Con storage panel|Mini-Con panel]] was found embedded in an [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] ice wall by [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]. Before he could warp back to the moon, however, the panel was snagged by [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]]. Back at base, the Autobots caught a brief glimpse of Jetstorm before his storage panel sent him back into a pre-programmed hibernation. {{storylink|Soldier (episode)|Soldier}}

Eventually, the other two Air Defense Team panels were recovered by the Autobots and Decepticons, one apiece. [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] then used [[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]] to track down the other members of his trio and pinpoint the Autobot base. When they came into the presence of Jetstorm and [[Runway]], Megatron and Sonar were able to activate the other two and forge the Star Saber for the first time in millennia. Before Megatron could fully [[powerlinx]] with the sword, however, it was knocked from his hand and fell into [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]'s grasp. Hot Shot had the Star Saber scan his image, and so he became the primary wielder of the most powerful weapon in the galaxy. {{storylink|Swoop (episode)|Swoop}}

Hot Shot continued to partner with Jetstorm and his comrades, using the Star Saber at every available opportunity. He used them to battle [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] and [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] out in some grassy fields. {{storylink|Overmatch}} Next, he brought the Air Defense Team to the big city, and confronted Scavenger again before finally using the Star Saber to cleave through an entire highway, setting the mercenary up for a great big fall. {{storylink|Gale}}

Jetstorm and the others soon exchanged hands, however, thanks to a carefully orchestrated plot by the turncoat, [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]]. After tricking Hot Shot into traveling to the Decepticon base on the moon, Sideways got him to relinquish control of the Star Saber long enough for Starscream to powerlinx with the trio instead, claiming the sword as his own. {{storylink|Credulous}} The Decepticons celebrated a streak of victories after claiming the Star Saber, although Megatron wasn't satisfied until he manipulated Starscream into giving over personal control of the Star Saber to him. {{storylink|Conspiracy}} Megatron used Jetstorm and his comrades in battle at every opportunity, relishing in the power he gained from the Star Saber. Even the mighty sword didn't stop Scavenger and Optimus Prime from humiliating him in one conflict, though. {{storylink|Trust (Armada)|Trust}}

Megatron continued to use his new sword in every battle that followed, so much so that Jetstorm and the others were rarely seen in their separate forms. After he gained the [[Skyboom Shield]] as well, Megatron attempted to destroy Optimus Prime once and for all by wielding the Air Defense Team and Race Team in battle at once. He failed, and ended up losing the shield to the Autobots. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}}

The Star Saber remained Megatron's favorite toy in battle, but the tide had truly turned once the Autobots took possession of the Skyboom Shield. Perhaps considering that methods other than brute force were needed, Megatron summoned the tactician [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] to Earth. Thrust acquired the [[Air Military Team]], who supplemented Jetstorm and the Air Defense Team as a considerable air force. This marked the first occasion where Megatron allowed others to use the Defense Team since swiping them from Starscream, and utilizing them as individuals instead of just as the sword. Thrust used Sonar and the others in a trap for the Autobots at the bottom of a deep ravine, and the Decepticons only lost due to the timely arrival of [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]. {{storylink|Tactician}}

Thrust and the Decepticon Mini-Con Air Force struck again in another airborne struggle, where Jetfire was confronted by nearly a dozen flying Decepticon and Mini-Con opponents, cut off from his ground-based comrades. Sonar, Runway and Jetstorm kept him distracted until Megatron summoned them to form the Star Saber against the other Autobots. {{storylink|Linkup}} With Thrust's tactical scenarios in full play, Jetstorm and the Air Defense Team continued to alternate between serving in the Decepticon Air Force and as Megatron's personal Star Saber. {{storylink|Desperate}}

After Megatron set his eyes on a new prize, the [[Requiem Blaster]], he reluctantly passed off the Star Saber to Starscream as part of a plot to steal the Blaster from the Autobots. Starscream was given the sword to call the Autobots out for combat, but was soon abandoned on the battlefield when Thrust closed the warp field behind him, leaving Starscream alone and stranded in the midst of enemies. He tried to fight Optimus Prime with the Star Saber, but Prime continually refused to strike back, saying his only concern was the protection of the Mini-Cons. This apparently penetrated the processors of Jetstorm and the others, as the Star Saber powered down in Starscream's hands, and he couldn't get the blade to work for him any more against Optimus. {{storylink|Sacrifice}}

Battered and bruised, Starscream eventually made his way back to the Decepticon moon base with Jetstorm and the Air Defense Team in tow. Megatron off-handedly brushed off the fact that they deserted Starscream, and told him to get himself cleaned up. While rejuvenating in an energon bath, Starscream generously invited Runway, Sonar and Jetstorm to join him in the chamber. After Starscream overheard Megatron and Thrust plotting to further mistreat him, he abandoned the Decepticon cause and took the Air Defense Team with him. The Star Saber Mini-Cons reunited with the Autobots when Starscream joined his former enemies in the hopes of gaining revenge against Megatron. In fact, it was the concern that Jetstorm and the others showed for Starscream that helped convince Optimus Prime to accept Starscream into their ranks. {{storylink|Regeneration}}

After Starscream failed to revenge himself upon Megatron during a moon raid, he used the Star Saber to take out his fury on some rock formations around the Autobot base. Jetstorm and the other Mini-Cons tried to calm him down, but to no avail. Starscream brought the Star Saber with him on the next mission, to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], but he ignored the search for the Mini-Con because of his obsession with facing Megatron. Jetstorm and his partners had to seek out [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] to bring Starscream back in line with the mission. {{storylink|Mars (episode)|Mars}} When Starscream decided to return to the Decepticons, he brought Jetstorm and the Air Defense Team back with him as well, uniting the three Mini-Con super-weapons under Decepticon control. {{storylink|Crack}}

Jetstorm and the Air Defense Team had little time to act as individuals after that, remaining powerlinxed as the Star Saber while the Decepticons used the sword as one-third of the [[Hydra Cannon]], before it was stolen by [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] and used to provide power to the heart of Unicron. Runway, Sonar and Jetstorm reawakened as individuals with the help of [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] and the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team|Street Action Team]], who had journeyed to Unicron's core with Optimus Prime, [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] and the Earth children to grant the super-weapon Mini-Cons their freedom. {{storylink|Origin}} Jetstorm fled Unicron aboard the Autobot [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] just before the Chaos-Bringer was finally destroyed. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comics===
When the [[Decepticon]]s began hunting down Mini-Cons, Jetstorm lived [[Mini-Con Sector|Mini-Con Village B13]] along with his teammates [[Runway]] and [[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]]. The Decepticons eventually attacked B13 and captured them, but they escaped [[Decepticon Headquarters (Armada)|Decepticon Headquarters]] and took refuge in the [[Garbage Disposal District]], where they managed to salvage [[Exodus (Armada)|an old starship]]. The Air Defense Team planned to break their fellow Mini-Cons out of the Decepticon base, then take to the stars in search of freedom. When they found another runaway Mini-Con, [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], Jetstorm extracted a Decepticon tracking device from his shoulder. With Sparkplug's help, they successfully then went through with their plan. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 2|Armada #2}}

However, their ship malfunctioned and crashed on [[Earth]], where the Jetstorm and the others lay dormant for a million years. After awakening thanks to a reactivation signal, they hid in [[Rapid City]] whilst <s>thinking up a new plan</s> letting Runway think up a new plan to get them and their brothers into space again. Before long, they were found by the Decepticons, who captured them and forcibly combined them into the powerful [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6|Armada #6}} [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] used the sword to attack the [[Autobot]] base, but [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] took it from him and begged the Air Defense Team to fight Megatron's control and remember who they were. His pleas got through, and Jetstorm and his teammates separated and fought back against the Decepticons. They still didn't want to join the Autobots, though, and went back into hiding. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 7|Armada #7}}

Some time later, the Air Defense Team was summoned to a [[Mini-Con Ark|strange structure]] in [[Kansas]]. Mindlessly, they flew to to the structure and entered it, and it turned out to be a starship designed to bring them to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Armada #8}} Jetstorm and Sonar were left imprisoned on [[Dualor]]'s [[Mini-Con Moonbase|moonbase]] while Runway was taken on a tour around the place. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} Shortly after Runway was reunited with them, the Decepticons attacked the moonbase. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}}

Following the evacuation of the moonbase, Jetstorm and his teammates disappeared for a while. They returned when a larger threat than the Decepticons showed up in the form of a [[Herald of Unicron]]. Against their better judgment, the Air Defense Team came to Megatron's aid and combined into the Star Saber, allowing him to defeat his [[Galvatron (G1)|powerful opponent]]. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} Thankfully, Megatron didn't get to keep his hold on the Star Saber, as the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team]] distracted him and allowed the Air Defense Team to separate and escape. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}

The Herald of Unicron was soon followed by [[Unicron]] himself, so all the Mini-Cons on Earth gathered to join the fight against him. After returning to Cybertron, Jetstorm joined the rest of the Mini-Cons in channeling their energies through the [[Mini-Con Matrix]] and heavily damaging Unicron. {{storylink|The End}}

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===Panini ''Armada'' comics===
{{note|In the Panini comics, Jetstorm's name and personality were switched with [[Runway]]'s (see [[#Notes|Notes]] for more information). This article considers this to be an error, and the events below relate to the Mini-Con with Jetstorm's body rather the Mini-Con with Jetstorm's name.}}

Jetstorm was among the Mini-Cons who ended up near [[Lincoln]], [[Nebraska]] when their ship crashed, but he disappeared shortly after being reactivated. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Deep Trouble!}} He began leading his team on various heroic deeds around the country, such as diverting a falling satellite from crashing in [[Chicago]]. However, this accident turned out to be bait set by [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], who was out to capture the team. Jetstorm was quickly grabbed by the Decepticon and urged his teammates to save themselves. He ended being saved by a team of Autobots, and while he denied their invitation to join the Autobots, he didn't notice that Starscream had placed a tracking device on him... {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 5|Devices and Desires!}}

In their quest to get off Earth, the Air Defense Team decided to steal a [[human]] spaceship from NASA. However, when they broke into a hangar, they found soldiers from the [[Extra-Terrestrial Response Division]] waiting for them. They incapacitated Runway, and Jetstorm only had time to warn Sonar against not hurting the humans before they two were taken down and captured. Jetstorm and the others were taken to [[Area 54]], where he and Sonar quickly woke back up. Curious about the ERTD's apparent knowledge about Mini-Cons, Jetstorm hacked their database and found that they had previously captured the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team|Land Military Team]] as well. However, his hacking triggered an alarm, and the Air Defense Team were forced to escape. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 5|'We Are Not Alone!'}}

Before the team could plan a way to save the Land Military Team, Starscream followed the tracker on Jetstorm and captured them. He disengaged their personality chips and combined them into the legendary Star Saber, which he promptly used to assault the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Street Action Team]]. However, Starscream didn't know only the will of the Air Defense Team members could keep the Star Saber's power in check, so without their personalities intact, the weapon quickly went out of control. As its power threatened to rip the Earth apart, Optimus Prime showed up and urged Jetstorm and the others to separate our of their own free will. His words reached them, and the planet was saved. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|The Two-Edged Blade!}} The Air Defense Team subsequently told the Autobots about the Mini-Cons captured by the ERDT and managed to track them down thanks to [[Amos Hume]]. They found that the humans were attempting to auction them off, so Jetstorm and the others interrupted by disabling their technology with [[pulse disruptor beam]]s. He then suggested that they let the [[Quint|auction owner]] be dealt with by the human military forces converging on the area. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|Sale of the Century!}}

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==Toys==
===Armada===
*'''Air Defense Team''' (Mini-Con Team, 2002/2003)
** ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MM-02'''

: Jetstorm transforms into a Concorde Super Sonic Transport jet plane. He also forms the middle portion of the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] sword, which can be held by any other Transformer that has 5mm fist-holes. This version came with his partners [[Runway]] and [[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]].

: This mold was also used to make [[Mad]]. It was later [[Retool|retooled]] to make ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Scattor (Energon)|Scattor]], [[Quantum]], and ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Thrust (Cybertron)|Thrust]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Jetstorm/jetstorm.htm More information on Jetstorm at TFU.info]''

*'''Hot Rod and Jolt with Air Defense Micron''' (Multi-pack, 2003)
** ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MS-01'''

: For the Team's [[Takara]] release, they were available both as an individual set, and in a multi-pack with Hot Shot.

[[Image:2003-airdefensemicron-xdimension-toys.jpg|200px|right|thumb|We have Seen The LIGHT!]]
*'''Air Defense Micron X-Dimension''' (Mini-Con Team, 2003)
** ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MM-07'''

: A [[redeco]] of the Air Defense Team was available in a shorter run in Japan. The [[X-Dimension Mini-Cons|X-Dimension]] Air Defense Team changed the opaque plastics to orange and red, and the paint trim to match. Though fans have dubbed the combined form the "Fire Saber", this name does not appear to be official.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/XMach/mach.htm More information on X-Dimension Mach at TFU.info]''
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*'''Mach''' (Change Micron, 2003)

: Available only in individual boxes each with a small bag of sugar-pellet candy, the [[Kabaya]] [[candy toy]] versions of the Team replaced the clear plastics with opaque white. This version is actually a completely new mold-set, with various small differences from the [[Hasbro]]/Takara releases.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CMMach/mach.htm More information on Change Micron Mach at TFU.info]''

*'''Mach''' (Micron Booster, 2003)
**''Booster ID number:'' '''3'''

: Part of the first [[Micron Booster]] set, sold only in individual blind-packed boxes, this version of the Air Defense Team is almost wholly identical to the normal retail release. The only difference is that this version is cast in slightly-sparkly plastic and uses slightly-sparkly paint. The difference is almost unnoticeable unless you look at the two versions side-by-side.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/MBMach/mach.htm More information on Micron Booster Mach at TFU.info]''

*'''Air Assault Team''' (Mini-Con Team, 2003)

: A "tainted by evil" redeco of the Team released by Hasbro, this version of the trio replaces the transparent plastic with opaque off-white, the other colors turning predominantly black and purple.

: This coloration was altered for the Takara [[Aerial Extermination Mini-Con Team|Air Assault Micron]], who are separate characters from the Air Defense Team.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Mini-Con/Jetstorm/jetstorm.htm More information on Air Assault Jetstorm at TFU.info]''

*'''Air Defense Micron Anime Color''' (Mini-Con Team, 2003)

: Cast entirely in blue and clear-blue plastics, this incarnation of the Air Defense Team is supposed to represent the Star Saber as it appears in the cartoon, with a glowing blue "energy blade". It was only available as a pack-in with the CD single of the ''Micron Legend'' cartoon ending theme, "[[Never Ending Road]]", by [[Psychic Lover]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CDMach/mach.htm More information on Anime Color Mach at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
* The Air Defense Team is the only one of the three "legendary Mini-Con weapons" Teams to ''not'' appear in either of ''Armada'''s sequel-series.

* Runway and Jetstorm's names are reversed in the original Air Defense Team's instructions. Their names are ''also'' reversed in several licensed ''Armada'' print material, like the coloring and activity books put out by [[Bendon Publishing International, Inc.]], as well as in the DK Readers book "[[The Quest]]". This did not occur with the Dreamwave comics, however.

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