Flint v5

Filecard Info

Code Name: Flint

Desert Paratrooper

File Name: Faireborne, Dashiell R.

Primary Military Speciality: L.A.V. (Land Assault Vehicles) Operator

Secondary Military Speciality: Desert Paratrooper

Birthplace: Wichita, Kansas

Grade: WO-2 (Warrant Officer)

What can you say about a guy who likes to skydive in the desert where there is nothing but scorpions, rattlesnakes and miles of sand awaiting him? Get a better hobby? Not Flint. A product of the Special Forces School and a career Army officer, Flint has always been a daredevil and take-charge individual. This guy is so tough that during one nighttime airborne assault mission, he leaped out of a C-5 transport at 30.000 feet, dove head-first to the ground, then at 900 feet pulled up and made a soft landing minutes before anyone else even came close to the landing zone. How he did it is anybody´s guess. All we know is that Cobra´s resistance forces were wiped out by the time the rest of the G.I. Joe assault team landed.

As the driver for the Desert Striker, Flint has the task of leading the G.I. Joe team against Cobra´s most lethal forces. Never one to turn down an assignment, Flint accepted it on one condition. He requested that he field test the Desert Striker vehicle´s “airborne capability” from a 5.000 foot drop behind enemy lines. Only Flint would dare to make such a request. One Flint would get it.