The Aerialbots are an Autobots subgroup and recurring characters in the Transformers franchise. They transform into Earth-style aircrafts and are also the first Autobot combiner team. Made up of Silverbolt, Air Raid, Firelight, Skydive and Slingshot, they combine into Superion. They serves as the counter-force to the Stunticons - who are also their mortal enemies.
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Slingshot and the Aerialbots being tricked by Starscream.
The Aerialbots were created on Cybertron around the same time as the Stunticons as a countermeasure to the new Decepticon car team after the mainly land based Autobots proved woefully inadequate as a counter. To do this, Optimus Prime journeyed to Cybertron, with along with his troops rebuilding old planes and shuttles into Aerialbots by name, Silverbolt, Skydive, Slingshot, Fireflight, and Air Raid as a combiner team to form into Superion.
In the Rebirth episodes the Aerialbots were quickly taken down all by the Decepticon Sixshot, who used all of his alternate mode for the sweeping
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Aligned Universe[]
- Main article: Aerialbots (Aligned)
