Appearing in "Shake Down!"
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- Cobra
- G.I. Joe
Synopsis for "Shake Down!"
Ace and Lady Jaye conduct a test flight of a Skystriker at McGuire Air Force Base, checking new black boxes and Electronic Counter-Measure pods. Meanwhile, in Springfield, Wild Weasel informs the Baroness that basic Rattlers have been modified and she needs to conduct a test run on one.
The Skystriker and Rattler take off from their respective runways. Ace explains to Lady Jaye that the onboard computer filters out safe stuff on the radar display. Wild Weasel takes the Rattler down a highway, explaining that the computer-autopilot automatically ensures the plane clears overpasses.
Ace explains that when the Skystriker's radar is activated, it makes the plane visible to anyone with a radar detector. The Baroness detects the Skystriker on the Rattler, but the Rattler is too close to the ground for the Skystriker's computer to separate it from "ground clutter". The Rattler fires heat-seeking missiles at the Skystriker, which releases Rapid Blooming Chaffs and infra-red flares to neutralize the missiles, but the Skystriker's transmission antenna is knocked out.
The Skystriker blasts at the Rattler with the Gatling gun, but the Cobra plane has a titanium steel armored "bathtub" protecting the cockpit. Lady Jaye takes the controls while Ace removes his damaged helmet. The Rattler performs a vertical circle to attack with the Gatling gun, but Ace evades the bullets by flying straight up.
Lady Jaye activates the "look down" mode on the computer, filtering out stationary objects to reveal the Rattler. The Skystriker locks onto the Rattler's flight path and fires its missiles, but the Rattler evades them. The two jets engage in a head-on attack, with the Skystriker performing a hard right turn to throw off the missile servos. Ace tosses a coin to choose the direction to turn and Lady Jaye spots the Rattler over a factory.
The Skystriker fires its final radar-directed missiles at the Rattler, but Wild Weasel fires his missiles at a junkyard, creating a radar screen to confuse and trigger the missiles. The two jets fire their Gatling guns at each other head to head, but both planes run out of ammunition. They then fly past each other and salute before heading back to base.