Phantine Air Corps

IG Regiment Overview

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- Phantine Air Corps - Homeworld: Phantine Regiment Name: Phantine Air Corps Specialities: Aerial Combat

The Phantine Air Corps is perhaps the most unusual regiment in the whole of the Imperial Guard, in that they field no ground troops whatsoever. Their home world of Phantine has extreme geography that forces very one who lives there to live at very high altitude in the peaks of mountain tops.
The lack of open ground mean that when the time came for an Imperial Guard levy the lack of open ground meant that no ordinary regiments could be mustered. Imperial high command made a special exception for the Phantine to be allowed to operate their own atmospheric fighter craft despite the rule that no Imperial Guard regiment may provide its own air cover. The odd role of the Phantine means that they are not welcome among either regular Imperial Guard nor amongst Naval aviators amongst whom they are forced to operate. However the Phantine has proven to be an extremely capable regiment and has begun to earn the grudging respect of navy fliers.

Phantine Air Corps form Wings, which contain specific squadrons, usually all of one type of aircraft. Each individual squadron is made up of 12 aircraft for fighters or eight if its a bomber formation. Fighter squadrons are usually broken down further into three formations of four fighters known as 'flights' for patrols, in the manner of many current air forces.

Notable Phantine

• Oskar Viltry
• Bree Jagdea

Famous Regiments and Notable Battles or Campaigns

• XXI Wing Halo Squadron - Led by Oskar Viltry (Wassimir Kyrklan commanded the Phantine XXI during Viltry's absence), Halo fought for the liberation of their home-world before going on to fight in other theatres such as Enothis. Halo was a bomber squadron equipped with Marauder bombers.

• XX Wing Umbra Squadron - Led by Bree Jagdea (Milan Blansher commanded the Phantine XX during Jagdea's absence), Umbra also fought for Phantine and Enothis, flying both Lightnings and Thunderbolts. The Phantine XX included many famous pilots among their ranks: Vander Marquall; who shot down the infamous Chaos fighter pilot Khrel Kas Obarkon, and Larice Asche; who became the first female to serve with the elite 101st Apostles.

Sources

• Featured in the spin-off book Double Eagle - by Dan Abnett, 2005.
• First appeared within the Gaunt's Ghosts novel Guns of Tanith - by Dan Abnett, 2002. It is very likely the Battle of Britain inspired the Phantine Air Corps.