Air Raid (WFC)
| The name or term "Air Raid" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Air Raid (disambiguation). |
- Air Raid is an Autobot from the War for Cybertron portion of the Prime continuity family.
Air Raid is a headstrong member of the Aerialbots who would rather fly into a group of Decepticons instead of gunning them from afar because it's more fun. This attitude often puts him and his comrades in danger, though he almost as often tends to get them out of it.
Games
Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)
- Voice actor: Liam O'Brien (English), Alberto Oliviero (Italian)
During the Decepticons' assault on Iacon, Air Raid and Jetfire assisted Optimus by fighting off hordes of aerial Decepticons. As part of Optimus's plan to rescue Zeta Prime from imprisonment, he and some other Autobots allowed themselves to be captured and taken to Kaon. Just as they were about to be "recycled", Air Raid appeared outside the prison cell and destroyed their would-be executioners. However, after freeing Optimus' team, he was captured. Optimus, Sideswipe, and Bumblebee fought their way through the prison and managed to rescue Air Raid, who helped them stage a prison break for all the Autobots detained in the facility, and showed the way to Soundwave's lab, where Zeta Prime was being held. While Optimus' team rescued Zeta, Air Raid led his fellow Autobots back home to Iacon.
When Megatron began turning his orbital station's cannon on the Autobot position, Air Raid joined Jetfire and Silverbolt in assaulting the space gun directly. Air Raid had previously been reluctant to follow the acrophobic Silverbolt as Aerialbot leader, and saw himself as a better choice. When the majority of Silverbolt's battle strategies inside the station centered around "Shoot the Decepticons and blow some slag up", though, Air Raid thought better of his appointed leader. As they continued their internal sabotage of the gun, the Aerialbots were suddenly shocked when the gun started taunting them -- it seemed Megatron had incorporated a Cybertronian entity known as Trypticon into the platform's core, giving it a malevolent sentience all its own. It was Air Raid who realized if Trypticon was a Transformer, he'd also have a conversion cog. Blasting that would revert him back to his primary mode, and stop the bombardments. The Aerialbots destroyed Trypticon's cog just before he got a target lock on Optimus Prime's position, and the newly-transformed giant fell down to the planet below.
Air Raid and the Aerialbots provided air support for Optimus and the Autobot troops on the ground during their struggle with the monster after he hit Cybertron. Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)
Transformers: Cybertron Adventures
Transformers: Cybertron Adventures
Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)
- Voice actor: Liam O'Brien (English)
During the Great War, Air Raid acted as a trainer for new recruits, leading them around a course and instructing them in basic combat.
