181st Imperial Fighter Wing

The 181st Imperial Fighter Wing was a fighter wing of the Galactic Empire's Imperial Starfighter Corps. The group was known for the red stripes that adorned their starfighters, a menacing display to their victims that inspired fellow Imperial squadrons to adopt similar designs.

At some point before the Dissolution of the Imperial Senate in 1 BBY, a member of the senatorial body advocated for the 181st to execute a raid on the Alliance to Restore the Republic. The mission proved to be disastrous, with the wing losing at least two men, including brothers of fellow TIE fighter pilot Havina Vonreg, to a volley of Alliance torpedoes. Hedrian, the youngest of the brothers, survived the initial attack and returned, injured, to his hangar before dying. She held the senator accountable for her brothers' deaths just as much she did the rebels.

During the Battle of Endor, the 181st Imperial Fighter Wing alongside the Imperial Sector Fleet and Scythe Squadron, and other Imperial units fought against the forces of the Alliance to Restore the Republic. Scythe Squadron and members of the 181st pursued Red Squadron and Gold Squadron into the DS-2 Death Star II Mobile Battle Station. In 4 ABY, the pilot later mentioned the doomed mission to another member of her own starfighter unit, Titan Squadron.

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