Tomahawk (G.I. Joe)

This article is about the helicopter used by G.I. Joe. For the Autobot from the 2010 Transformers toyline, see Tomahawk (TF 2010).

The Tomahawk is a vehicle used by G.I. Joe from the G.I. Joe portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

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A somewhat unusual hybridization of a CH-47 Chinook and a Sikorsky MH-53 "Jolly Green Giant", the Tomahawk serves as the Joe team's primary lift helicopter. Lift-Ticket is the primary pilot, but other Joes have been depicted in the cockpit over the years.

While meant to be a lift aircraft, the Tomahawk is surprisingly well-armed. According to the blueprints, it boasts a six-barreled 20mm gun in a chin turret mount, twin .50 machine guns mounted on the sides, six bombs, and two guided missiles... thus potentially making it better at air-to-air combat than your average Rattler.

Fiction

G.I. Joe and the Transformers

When Power Station Alpha was hijacked, Lift-Ticket and a Tomahawk were among those units dispatched to intercept it. In what was likely the most embarrassing incident in the opposing pilot's career, the Tomahawk succeeded in shooting down at least one Rattler. Power Struggle A Tomahawk later participated in the attack on the Decepticon headquarters in Florida alongside several Cobra and Autobot aircraft. During the battle with the airborne Decepticons, it made use of its nose-mounted guns as well as Joes firing guns from its storage area. ...All Fall Down!

2005 IDW continuity

Mayday's Joe team traveled to Galibi, Schleteva aboard a Tomahawk, only for their ride to be knocked out by a Dire Wraith-mutated Schletevan. Crisis Intervention

External links

• Tomahawk @ YoJoe.com