Editing F-99 Wombat

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|image= [[File:DroneFighterSide.png|300px]]

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|length= {{Convert|11.720|m|ft|sp=us}}<ref name="hbo">[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=942670 '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Re: Phew'']</ref><ref name="Fan made" group="note">These sizes are based on the ''Halo 3: ODST'' model, which mean the sizes might not be 100% accurate to the actual Wombat.</ref>

|width= {{Convert|8.570|m|ft|sp=us}}<ref name="hbo"/><ref name="Fan made" group="note"/>

|height= {{Convert|3.319|m|ft|sp=us}}<ref name="hbo"/><ref name="Fan made" group="note"/>

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|crew=Unmanned

|role= Aerial reconnaissance

|era= [[Human-Covenant War]]

|affiliation= [[United Nations Space Command]]

The '''F-99 Wombat''', colloquially known as the "'''drone fighter'''", is an unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) used by the [[United Nations Space Command]].<ref>'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 72''</ref>

During the [[Battle of Mombasa]] in [[2552#October|October 2552]], numerous F-99 UCAVs were deployed in reconnaissance elements numbering two to three aircraft to the city of [[New Mombasa]], presumably from [[UNSC aircraft carrier|aircraft carriers]] a few kilometers off the coast.<ref>'''Halo 3''', multiplayer map ''[[Longshore]]''</ref> They provided air support for embattled [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] across the city, particularly the [[Uplift Nature Reserve]]. The collective optical feeds provided by drones could also be accessed by ground forces through the [[UNSC battle network]].<ref>'''Halo 3: ODST''', campaign level ''[[Tayari Plaza (level)|Tayari Plaza]]''</ref> One of these drones crashed into a statue in front of the Reserve and its ejected optics package was later found by [[Rookie|a lone ODST]].<ref>'''Halo 3: ODST''', campaign level ''[[Mombasa Streets]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo 3: ODST''', campaign level ''[[Uplift Reserve (level)|Uplift Reserve]]''</ref> The [[Surakan Militia Volunteers]] had an unknown number of Wombats. In [[2558]], during the [[Battle of Carrow]], the SMV used an F-99 to spy on the [[Jiralhanae]] position, it managed to transmit several images before being shot down.<ref>'''[[Halo: Envoy]]''', ''Chapter 11 page 155''</ref>

==Behind the scenes==

The F-99 Wombat was originally going to be featured in ''[[Halo 3]]''.<ref>'''[[The Art of Halo 3]]''', ''page 39''</ref> Though they were omitted from the final game, they were redesigned and featured in ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''. Drones of a different model, which are based directly on the concept art, appear in the background of the multiplayer map [[Longshore]]. However, given the depiction of the craft in Longshore as distant background details, it is possible that these are simply meant to be low-detail renderings of the F-99.

File:Drone - Concept Art01.jpg|Scenery concept of the F99.

File:Drone - Concept Art02.jpg|Concept art of the drone.

File:Concept drone.png|Concept art of the drone's optics package.

*''[[Halo 3]]'' {{1st}}

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