COBRA NIGHT VULTURE

(A Night Vulture...  Area of operations: Unknown)

CODE NAME:

Night Vulture

BRANCH:

Cobra operative

PRIMARY MILITARY SPECIALTY:

Aerial recon

SECONDARY MILITARY SPECIALTY:

Covert insertion

EXPECTED ARMAMENT:

Night Vultures deploy with a combination crossbow/machine gun.

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT:

Lightweight stealth glider with 7.62mm machine gun

CURRENT ASSIGNMENT:

Air Recon Trooper

FIRST DEPLOYMENT:

1991

AREA OF OPERATIONS:

Any

     Night Vultures are the airborne covert insertion and recon specialists of the Cobra legions.  Given no formal training, the candidates for the Night Vultures' program are dropped with their gliders from transports over shark-infested waters at least five miles from land.  Whoever makes it back is awarded the Night Vultures badge and gets to keep the personal effects of the "drop-outs".

     Every badge-wearing Night Vulture knows he can coax at least five miles out of his glider and that he has a will to survive.  This makes them extremely efficient as recon scouts since they can glide silently at extended ranges and be careful enough not to get caught.  Their worth as covert insertion troops is in doubt because they might be smart enough to fly in the opposite direction if the mission gets too dangerous.

     Outside of their initial deployment in 1991, Night Vultures were only deployed to Brazil in 1992.  They have not been deployed since.

OTHER LINKS:

1991 Night Vulture
Air Recon Trooper

Code Names: Night Vulture
Night Vulture