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The Phantine Air Corps is perhaps the most unusual regiment in the whole of the Imperial Guard, in that they field no ground troops whatsoever. Their home world of Phantine has extreme geography that forces very one who lives there to live at very high altitude in the peaks of mountain tops. The lack of open ground mean that when the time came for an Imperial Guard levy the lack of open ground meant that no ordinary regiments could be mustered. Imperial high command made a special exception for the Phantine to be allowed to operate their own atmospheric fightercraft despite the rule that no Imperial Guard regiment may provide its own air cover. The odd role of the Phantine means that they are not welcome among either regualr Imperial Guard nor amongst Naval aviators amongst who they are forced to operate. However the Phantine has proven to be an extremely capable regiment and has begun to earn the grudging respect of navy fliers.
Phantine Air Corps form Wings, which contain specific squadrons, usually all of one type of aircraft. Each individual squadron is made up of 12 aircraft for fighters or eight if its a bomber formation. Fighter squadrons are usually broken down further into three formations of four fighters known as 'flights' for patrols, in the manner of many current air forces.
Featured in the spin-off book Double Eagle (Abnett, 2005), the Phantine first appeared within the Gaunt's Ghosts novel Guns of Tanith (Abnett, 2002). It is very likely the Battle of Britain inspired the Phantine Air Corps.
==Notable Phantine==
*[[Ursarkar E. Creed]] - [[Commander]] 8th Cadian Oskar Viltry*[[Jarran Kell]] - [[Regimental Standard Bearer]], 8th Cadian
*[[Hursen]] - [[Kasrkin]] [[Sergeant]], 8th Cadian
*[[Barasq]] - [[Guardsman]], 39th Cadian
==Famous Regiments and Notable Battles or Campaigns==
==Sources==
XX Wing Umbra Squadron - Led by Bree Jagdea (Milan Blansher commanded the Phantine XX during Jagdea'''1'''s absence) - [[Imperial Armour: Volume 4 - , Umbra also fought for Phantine and Enothis, flying both Lightnings and Thunderbolts. The Anphelion Project]]<br>('''2''') - [[Codex: Necrons]]<br>('''3''') - [[Imperial Armour Volume III|Imperial ArmourPhantine XX included many famous pilots among their ranks: Volume Three - Taros Campaign]]<br>('''4''') - UK [[WD261]] pg103 - Lords of Night Battle report<br>('''5''') - Codex: The Black CrusadeVander Marquall; who shot down the infamous Chaos fighter pilot Khrel Kas Obarkon, and Larice Asche; who became the first female to serve with the elite 101st Apostles.
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