Airborne (Talltree)

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Airborne
Personal information
Real name	Franklin E. Talltree
Birthplace	Navaho Reservation, Arizona
Alias	Sgt. Airborne
Military information
Service branch	US Army
Grade / Rank	Sergeant First Class
Specialty	Helicopter assault; Airborne infantry; Helicopter gunship gunner
Training	Airborne School
Weapon / Vehicle expertise	Hughes helicopter gunship; M-16; M-60; M1911A1
Organizational information
Faction(s)	G.I. Joe Team

Airborne's parents were oil-rich Navahos who let their eldest son indulge in sky-diving lessons, forever setting his love for being in the air. He could have been a lawyer, he passed the Arizona Bar Exams but instead opted to serve in the army to further indulge in his passion. And even though he's a jocular and likable person all around but when he gets serious, he'll give you that stare like he's looking into your soul.

Fiction

Comics

A Real American Hero continuity

Marvel Comics continuity

Airborne was among the Joes who participated in stopping Cobra from contaminating the Alaskan pipeline with some kind of virus.The Pipeline Ploy! He was eventually paired with fellow Native American member Spirit in keeping an eye on Snake Eyes.All Fall Down!

Devil's Due Comics continuity

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G.I. Joe Reloaded

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G.I. Joe vs. Transformers

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Action Force (British) Comics continuity

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Dreamwave Comics continuity

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Animated continuity

Sunbow animated series

Tommy, Airborne's brother, was kidnapped by Cobra in an attempt to control people with psychic power and use them to take over the world.Operation Mind Menace Airborne and Flash rescue him and we also find out Airborne has some telepathy powers.

Toys

• Version one (1983)

• Version two (Spy Troops 2003)

Airborne is part of the Spy Troops series. He is renamed as Sgt. Airborne and carded together with the new Tele-Viper action figure. This version is also a cause for confusion as the same figure mold and color were used for Halo Jumper. Halo Jumper is also packaged with Tele-Viper.

• Version three (Valor vs. Venom 2004)

Trivia

• In 1990, an Airborne action figure was released that initially caused confusion. He had a different profile from this version of Airborne. The Data Desk Handbook eventually confirmed them as two completely different characters sharing the same code name.

External links

• JMM's G.I. Joe Comics Encyclopedia
• The Ultimate G.I. Joe Cartoon Website

Footnotes

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