Air Raid (Movie)

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 2007 movie franchise in the live-action film series continuity family.

I can breathe in space with a gaping hole in my chest.

Criminals. They are a superstitious, cowardly lot, and Air Raid has zero tolerance for them. He believes that respect for the law is a defining characteristic of sentient beings, separating them from non-living drones, and is disgusted by the Decepticons' disregard for the laws of their own home planet.

Air Raid has dedicated his life to tracking down the worst of them, spending centuries pursuing them all throughout the galaxy, and he intends to keep this up until every single one has been brought to justice.

Fiction

IDW Transformers movie sequel comics

Like some vast, khaki bird...

Many years ago, Air Raid was a member of Cybertron's Science Division under Optimus. After a strange relic was uncovered and aliens from the Eshems Nebula attacked, Protector Megatron declared a military dictatorship, demanding the full cooperation of the entire population. Air Raid was one of those who heeded Optimus' plea for them to not abandon their society's ancient traditions and beliefs. Defiance #2 After Optimus Prime and his followers were declared traitors, civil war erupted across the planet. Air Raid joined Optimus Prime's Autobots and led aerial missions against the Decepticon fliers. Defiance #4

Years later, following the defeat of Megatron on Earth, Air Raid was part of a small Autobot unit led by Arcee that tracked Starscream, now the leader of the Decepticons, to his base on Mars. The Reign of Starscream #2 Air Raid took to the skies in the ensuing assault, but was shot down by Thundercracker. Smokescreen attempted to evacuate his badly damaged comrade, but they were both blown to oblivion by Starscream. The Reign of Starscream #3

Games

Transformers: Dark of the Moon - The Game

Voice actor: Rick Wasserman

(Xbox 360/PS3)

Air Raid is that guy on the right who's basically Spawn.

Stratosphere was tasked with carrying home early MechTech samples for safekeeping and was intercepted by Starscream, who was ordered to destroy it. Thankfully, Stratosphere was escorted by the Aerialbots, and when Starscream had proven too potent a threat, the Aerialbots Breakaway, Silverbolt, and Air Raid exited Stratosphere's cargo area to battle Starscream. Unfortunately, after a lengthy dogfight, all three Aerialbots were defeated. Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)

Toys

Transformers (2007)

Well, he can blend into the skies over Los Angeles, at least.

• Air Raid (Scout, 2007)
  • Acccessories: Cannon, jet boosters (all combine to form a spear)

Part of the third wave of Target-exclusive Scouts, Air Raid is a redeco of the Energon Skyblast mold, transforming into a Cybertronic starfighter. He comes with multiple accessories that can attach to his jet mode for rocket-boosters and an under-slung cannon. In robot mode, these parts re-assemble to form a giant spear, although if preference desires, you can leave them separated and have the spear handle as a hand-held rifle, with the head split in half and clipped to his wrists. Fittingly enough, he has an Automorph gimmick on his chest and head, where rotating the chestplate into position would likewise rotate the head.

This mold was also used to make his fellow movieverse Autobot Skyblast. It was also used as the basis for the non-transforming Attacktix Decepticon piece Thrust, as well as the CGI models for Backslash and pre-beast Terrorsaur in "Theft of the Golden Disk".

In 2009, a rebranded version of this toy was released in the Walmart Black Friday exclusive Universe "War of the Waves" two-pack as a Unicron Trilogy-based character also named Air Raid.

• More info on Target Scout Air Raid at TFU.info

Revenge of the Fallen

"I'm the long ARM of the law, if you catch my drift."

• Superion (Multi-pack, 2009)
  • Accessories: 2 dual-barrel cannons, connector piece, Autobot-type energon star

Available only as a component of Superion, Air Raid is a dark grey and black redeco of the Energon Windrazor/Treadshot mold, transforming into a small, futuristic fighter resembling an F-22 Raptor. He can also form a leg or arm to any Energon-series "Powerlinx Combiner" super robot, though his nominal placement is as the left leg to Superion. He comes with two double-barreled guns and a connector piece, which can form hand-held weapons as well as become a footplate or "hand" for his combined mode, plus a blue "super energon" Autobot-style energon star that fits over his spark crystal. His mold was retooled to round out the nosecone, and does not attach as tightly as previous uses of the mold, or as well as his pack-in teammates.

Air Raid shares his mold with fellow Superion pack-mate Airazor.

This mold was also used to make Fun Publications Transformers Collectors' Club-exclusive Breakaway and Universe Airazor. Air Raid's deco is identical to the Universe Superion component Air Raid.

• More information on Air Raid at TFU.info

Dark of the Moon

He's in one bloody comic years ago, and he never stops milking that to try and get money from fans!

• Air Raid (MechTech Deluxe, May 14, 2011)
  • Japanese ID number: DA12
  • Accessories: MechTech Blaster/Shot Cannon

Dark of the Moon Air Raid is a redeco and slight retool of Revenge of the Fallen Thrust, adding MechTech ports to his arm/top of the jet and the undersides of his wings. He transforms into approximation of an F-35 Lightning II/Joint Strike Fighter and has a non-firing cannon with rotating barrel on his right arm, activated by a gear-wheel embedded in his forearm. His Mech Alive gimmick is located in his upper arms; turning his forearms makes the machinery inside his biceps turn in time. Air Raid's MechTech Blaster weapon is a retool of Topspin's, replacing the claws with two halves of a barrel, which form the "Shot Cannon". Thus far, this toy is only available in Japan.

Air Raid comes packed with a character card and an accompanying transparent plastic card of his MechTech weapon for the MechTech Wars online game. TakaraTomy's stock photos of Air Raid (shown on this page) don't show the MechTech ports under his wings.

The original version of this mold was first used for Revenge of the Fallen Breakaway.

• Air Raid (MechTech Deluxe, 2011)
  • Accesories: MechTech Radar Dome/Blaster

A brand new mold, Air Raid now transforms into a green AEW&C Boeing E-767, his radar dome can be detached and turned into a blaster.

Notes

• If this article seems haphazard, it's no coincidence. Five apparently different movie continuity jet Autobots named Air Raid were created over the years by multiple different parties. The Transformers Wiki has elected to assume they are all the same character for simplicity and hilarity.

• Much like many other Target-exclusive Scouts, Air Raid's only faction marking (aside from his spark crystal and molded but unpainted Autobot emblems) is a Sector Seven logo. How he could possibly hide in their motor pool is a mystery. Perhaps he used a scan of Ghost 1.

• Oddly, the toy packaging photo on Transformers Air Raid appears to be a redeco of Skyblast's concept model, keeping the original's "toes". Considering that redeco concept models are usually unpackaged figures that are then hand-painted to show the new design, they probably grabbed some early-production toys, or even the original model, by mistake.

• Air Raid's Dark of the Moon video game body is a reuse of the Seeker Warriors from the Revenge of the Fallen game.

• The bio for TakaraTomy's exclusive Air Raid redeco of Revenge Thrust parses his name as "Airlaid", despite the rest of the packaging rendering it correctly. boom boom SEXY TIME

Foreign names

• Japanese: Air Raid (エアレイド Ea Reido)