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'''Skyward Flight''' was a squadron of ten cadet pilots of [[Poco]]-class [[starfighter]]s in the [[Defiant Defense Force]] on [[Detritus]].{{book ref|sky1|9}} Original members of the group notably include [[Spensa Nightshade]], daughter of [[Chaser]], [[Jorgen Weight]], son of a [[First Citizen]] and a [[National Assembly Leader]], and [[Rodge McCaffrey]], the highest scoring cadet on that year's pilot test.{{book ref|sky1|9}}
=== Reformation ===
After the Battle of Alta Second, Skyward Flight was reformed. Jorgen and FM were transferred back to Skyward Flight; Nedd, Arturo, Kimmalyn, and Spensa were recalled to active service; and the veteran pilots [[Catnip]] and [[T-Stall]] as well as the cadet [[Sadie]] were added to the flight to fill in some of the gaps in the flight's roster.{{book ref|sky2|3}}{{ref|group=fn|text=When [[Alanik]] arrives on Detritus, Spensa notes that there are nine members of Skyward Flight,{{book ref|sky2|8}} but during the tryout for the [[Superiority]]'s Delver Resistance Project she notes that the flight usually had ten members.{{book ref|sky2|14}} Assuming both of these statements are accurate, the ship lost in the battle at Detritus right before the Superiority's capital ships arrived{{book ref|sky2|2}} may have been from Skyward Flight as well.}} Jorgen continued to serve as flightleader,{{book ref|sky2|3}} with Arturo and Nedd as his first and second assistants respectively.{{book ref|sf1|3}}{{book ref|sf1|16}} Since the flight's reformation, its pilots have changed flight numbers several times.{{book ref|sf1|1}} In particular, around the time of Spensa's mission to [[Starsight (station)|Starsight]], Sadie had the designation Skyward Nine{{book ref|sky2|2}} and FM had the designation Skyward Five.{{book ref|sf1|1}} During the flight's mission to [[ReDawn (planet)|ReDawn]], [[Alanik]] flew with Skyward Flight and was given the designation Skyward Eight;{{book ref|sf2|7}} she also continued flying with them on their mission to [[Evershore (planet)|Evershore]].{{book ref|sf3|5}} After the mission to Evershore, Jorgen was promoted to vice admiral and FM accepted command of the DDF's diplomatic efforts, thus removing both of them from the flight, though FM still flew with them on occasion. With their departure, Arturo
==Members==
=== Veteran Flight ===
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| Jerkface
| Skyward One{{book ref|sf1|10}}
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| [[Arturo Mendez]]
| Amphisbaena ("Amphi")▼
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| [[Nedd Strong]]
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| [[Corbin]]▼
| Catnip▼
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| Skyward Five{{book ref|sf1|1}}
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▲| Catnip
▲| Amphisbaena ("Amphi")
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|- style="font-style: italic;"
| Spin
| Skyward Ten{{book ref|sky2|2}}
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{{row| In the Battle at [[Evensong]] | pre=! colspan=3 style="background:#CCCCFF; font-weight:bold; text-align:center" {{!}} }}
{{row| Name | Callsign | Flight Number | pre=! style="font-weight: bold;" {{!}} }}
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| [[Arturo Mendez]]
| Amphisbaena ("Amphi")
| Skyward One
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| [[Freyja Marten]]{{ref|group=fn|text=Temporarily transferred back to active flight duty from her ordinary position as a diplomat.}}
| FM
| Skyward Two
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| [[Nedd Strong]] and [[Hana]]
| Nedder
| Skyward Three
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| [[Alanik]]
| Angel
| Skyward Four
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| [[Sadie]]
| Sentry
| Skyward Five
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| [[Trey]]
| T-Stall
| Skyward Six
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▲| [[Corbin]]
| Catnip
| Skyward Seven
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| Crew of the ''[[Swims Upstream]]''
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| Skyward Eight
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| [[Shiver]]
| Stalwart
| Skyward Nine
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| [[Dllllizzzz]]
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| Skyward Ten
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| [[Kimmalyn]]
| Quirk
| Skyward Eleven
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| [[Spensa Nightshade]]
| Spin
| Skyward Twelve
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