FZ-546 Pegasus bomber

"When we saw those big grasshopper shapes in the sky,mmmmm... we knew we were saved..." -UNSC Officer Clarence Bridges

TheFZ-546 or Pegasus, was a large long-range bomber that was used mainly in the defense of Earth.

information
The FZ-546 was a large part of the UNSC Earth Defense force due to it being limited to the atmosphere and was used during the invasion of Earth by the Prophet of Truth. The Pegasus was usually launched from airbases on Earth or other major planets such as Reach and was able to use VTOL technology to quickly go to a combat engagment, although it could not hover mid-flight. The Pegasus could also (rarily) be mounted on a ship and transported to be used for in-atmosphere patrol and combat, but was hard to fly into hangars and tight spaces due to it's bulky and cumbersome shape. The Pegasus was later considered obsolete after the Covenant invasion of Earth as all except a team called Gamma squadron, was destroyed.

Weaponry
The Pegasus is a very old but capable aircraft, armed to the teeth with Light Archer missiles, 8 Heavy Machine guns, and a bomb launcher near the 2 VTOL engines. The Gamma squadron was outfitted with a spartan laser modification in the front, and is use mainly for taking out large enemy targets such as dropships, or individual starship weapons, these modifications may have been why Gamma squadron was the last active Pegasus flight teams.

Major Squadrons

 * Gamma squadron:Last FZ-546 flight team, outfitted with spartan lasers,fought in the invasion of Earth, also Spec ops


 * Theta squadron:Fought and destroyed in Invasion of Earth, supported ODSTs in South Africa


 * Alpha squadron:Main test crew for the FZ-546, successful, destroyed when UNSC transport Denguard mysteriously dissappeared.


 * beta squadron:transported to Reach, destroyed in the battle of Reach