Editing Rebel Alliance (section)

==== Alliance Starfighter Corps ====
The Alliance finds its strength almost entirely in the starfighter arena, offering some of the most effective and versatile small strike craft within Star Wars canon. The Alliance was plagued by lack of resources: it was low on fighters, manpower, real estate. [[Jan Dodonna]] believed unsupported hyperspace-capable starfighters could undermine the Empire's control of space and demonstrated this to the galaxy by winning high-profile victories: [[Star Destroyer]]s, shipyards, local fleets and the Death Star.<ref>Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare</ref> Despite the Corps' high-maintenance costs and being chronically understaffed, with starfighter logistics, aerospace engineers and veteran pilots being limited in numbers, the Alliance doctrine—raiding targets before they could mount a defense, then leaving—proved flawless in singling out vulnerable targets and attacking only when they had strength, and only when the results were spectacular. Seventy percent of sorties were reconnaissance missions: finding targets for starfighter raids became the top priority of Alliance intelligence. The introduction of the [[A-wing]], [[B-wing]] and [[X-wing]], along with the [[Desertion|former Imperial officers]] who piloted them, only improved upon that advantage.

*'''Gold Squadron''', commanded by [[Jon Vander]], was an [[Y-wing|BTL-A4 Y-wing light bomber]] squadron that served as part of the Rebel Alliance's elite starfighter corps during the [[Galactic Civil War]]. This unit was instrumental in escorting Senator [[Mon Mothma]] safely to [[Dantooine]], participated in the Battle of Scarif, and was nearly wiped out by Darth Vader in the [[Battle of Yavin]]. Under the command of [[Lando Calrissian]], it succeeded in destroying the second Death Star's reactor during the Battle of Endor.
*'''Green Squadron''', commanded by [[Arvel Crynyd]], was a [[A-wing|RZ-1 A-wing interceptor]] squadron that served as part of the Rebel Alliance's starfighter corps during the [[Galactic Civil War]]. The squadron most notably participated in the Alliance's most decisive campaigns, including: the [[Battle of Atollon]]; the [[Battle of Scarif]]; and the [[Battle of Endor]]. It was Arvel Cyrnyd who [[Kamikaze|crashed]] his A-wing into the bridge of the ''[[Executor (Star Wars)|Executor]]'', thereby disabling the ship.
*'''Red Squadron''', commanded by [[Garven Dreis]], was a [[X-wing|T-65B X-wing starfighter]] squadron that served as part of the Rebel Alliance's starfighter corps during the [[Galactic Civil War]]. The squadron most notably participated in the Alliance's most decisive campaigns, including: the [[Battle of Scarif]]; the [[Battle of Vrogas Vas]]; the [[Battle of Hoth]]; and the [[Battle of Endor]].
*'''Blue Squadron''', commanded by [[Antoc Merrick]], was an airspeeder and starfighter squadron that served as part of the Rebel Alliance's elite starfighter corps during the [[Galactic Civil War]]. The squadron most notably participated in the Alliance's most decisive campaigns, including: the [[Battle of Scarif]]; the [[Siege on Tureen VII]]; the [[Battle of Hoth]]; and the [[Battle of Endor]].
*'''Rogue Squadron''', commanded by [[Wedge Antilles]], was a [[List of Star Wars starfighters|starfighter]] [[Squadron (aviation)|squadron]] in the [[Star Wars|''Star Wars'' franchise]]. The squadron appears in ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' (1980) as "'''Rogue Group'''". In the 2016 film ''[[Rogue One]]'', rebel fighters on a suicide mission to steal the plans for the [[Death Star]] (which causes the [[Battle of Scarif]]) self-identify as "Rogue One", a possible precursor to Rogue Squadron.<ref name="StarWarsCelebration">{{cite web|url=http://www.slashfilm.com/star-wars-rogue-one-plot/|title='Star Wars: Rogue One' Details: Theft of Death Star Plans Confirmed as Plot; Plus Footage and Concept Art|last=Fischer|first=Russ|work=[[/Film]]|date=April 19, 2015|access-date=April 15, 2015}}</ref>