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[[File:Halo Reach - Fairview Base.jpg|thumb|250px|Airview Base, occupied by the Covenant during the Fall of Reach.]] | [[File:Halo Reach - Fairview Base.jpg|thumb|250px|Airview Base, occupied by the Covenant during the Fall of Reach.]] | ||
'''Airview Base''' was a small [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] outpost near [[Sword Base]] on the [[Babd Catha Ice Shelf]] on [[Reach]], named so because it overlooks the base's airfield. It contained one [[vulcan anti-aircraft turret|anti-aircraft turret]] before the [[Fall of Reach|Battle of Reach]] began. On [[2552#July|July 26, 2552]], [[Catherine-B320|Kat-B320]] and [[SPARTAN-B312]] were ordered to reactivate the AA turret to clear the skies for [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] dropships.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level ''[[ONI: Sword Base]]''</ref> The base was later overrun by Covenant forces, who would later place two [[Type-38 Anti-Aircraft Cannon|Tyrant AA guns]] at its location. On August 29, Noble Six and a squad of ODSTs passed through what remained of the base in an [[M808B Main Battle Tank|M808B Scorpion]] tank, destroying the two Tyrants on the way to Sword Base, clearing the sky for [[Noble Team]]'s [[UH-144 Falcon|Falcon tiltrotor]]s.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', level ''[[The Package (level)|The Package]]''</ref> | '''Airview Base''' was a small [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] outpost near [[Sword Base]] on the [[Babd Catha Ice Shelf]] on [[Reach]], named so because it overlooks the base's airfield. It contained one [[vulcan anti-aircraft turret|anti-aircraft turret]] before the [[Fall of Reach|Battle of Reach]] began. | ||
==History== | |||
On [[2552#July|July 26, 2552]], [[Catherine-B320|Kat-B320]] and [[SPARTAN-B312]] were ordered to reactivate the AA turret to clear the skies for [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] dropships.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level ''[[ONI: Sword Base]]''</ref> The base was later overrun by Covenant forces, who would later place two [[Type-38 Anti-Aircraft Cannon|Tyrant AA guns]] at its location. On August 29, Noble Six and a squad of ODSTs passed through what remained of the base in an [[M808B Main Battle Tank|M808B Scorpion]] tank, destroying the two Tyrants on the way to Sword Base, clearing the sky for [[Noble Team]]'s [[UH-144 Falcon|Falcon tiltrotor]]s.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', level ''[[The Package (level)|The Package]]''</ref> | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||