Tailwind (G1)
- Tailwind is a Decepticon Micromaster from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Of the scheming junior members of the Air Strike Patrol, Tailwind is the one most likely to seize control of the unit. This is because he knows how to keep his mouth shut, and take a short-term loss for long-term gain.[1]
- French-Canadian name: Derive
Fiction
Marvel comics continuity
Tailwind and his patrolmates were the first Decepticon Micromasters to be created. Roadhandler was able to trick the Patrol into fleeing with the aid of the deactivated bomb. A Small War!
When Roadhandler became an overnight wrestling sensation on Earth, Scorponok called in help to end the Autobot's growing public adulation, and an unknown Decepticon sent the Air Strike Patrol. The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!
Unknown to Scorponok, the patrol's secret employer was Megatron, who then sent the team on a mission to MacDill Air Force Base to capture the B-204 refueling plane. When the Autobots inevitably arrived, the team contacted Scorponok to tell him that they were under attack. Back from the Dead After a brief confrontation with Optimus Prime - during which Tailwind told Optimus Prime where he could stuff his order to surrender - and the arrival of Scorponok's Decepticons, the Air Strike Patrol fled, their mission completed. The Resurrection Gambit!
Tailwind, Nightflight, and Storm Cloud came to the aid of their patrolmate Whisper, who had become a private assassin, when he was chased into an Earthen jungle by the Autobot Rescue Patrol. The outcome of this battle is unknown. The Greatest Gift of All!
The Air Strike Patrol then toured the southern United States, finally attacking an oil refinery. This was the same oil refinery where Hector Dialonzo, a human with extraordinary powers, was working, and he single-handedly destroyed the Air Strike Patrol, with Tailwind the first to go offline. The Human Factor!
Marvel UK future timelines
The Air Strike Patrol took Megatron's side in the 1991 Decepticon Civil War against factions led by Scorponok and Shockwave. Near the end of that war, the Patrol chased Scorponok, alone, into a human settlement, where Tailwind jostled with Nightflight over who would get to kill the enemy leader. Scorponok maneuvered a team of Autobots into combatting the Patrol for him, enabling Scorponok to escape. Aspects of Evil!
Dreamwave comics continuity
Tailwind made a brief appearance in Little Iacon, talking to Tote. The Gray Race
Toys
Generation 1
- Air Strike Patrol (Micromaster Patrol, 1989)
- Tailwind transforms into a blue A-10 Thunderbolt II ground-strike plane. He was only available as part of four-pack with his teammates Nightflight, Storm Cloud and Whisper.
- This toy was sold in Japan without changes as the Autobot Windrim. This mold was also redecoed to make Hot House.
- In Japan, his toy was released without alteration as Windrim.
