Slip Stream (G.I. Joe)

Slip Stream
G.I. Joe character
Slip Stream as seen in the Sunbow/Marvel G.I. Joe cartoon.
First appearance	1986
Voiced by	Dan Gilvezan (Sunbow/Marvel)
Affiliation	G.I. Joe
Specialty	Conquest X-30 Pilot
File name	Boyajian, Gregory B.
Birth place	Provo, Utah
SN	759-12-1013
Rank	1st Lieutenant, USAF O-2
Primary MOS	Fighter Pilot
Secondary MOS	Computer Technology

Slip Stream is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's Conquest X-30 pilot and debuted in 1986.

His real name is Gregory B. Boyajian, and his rank is that of 1st Lieutenant, USAF O-2. Slip Stream was born in Provo, Utah.

Slip Stream's primary military specialty is fighter pilot, and his secondary military specialty is computer technology. Slip Stream was an expert video game player and computer hacker until he discovered flying. As a teenager he joined the Jr. Civil Air Patrol, and then got his Air Force commission through the R.O.T.C., finishing at the top of his class in flight school. Slip Stream speaks Armenian, Greek, and French, and specializes in aircraft with computer assisted control surfaces, where his knowledge of computers and lightning reflexes give him a competitive edge. He is also known to play table tennis, and has a reputation as an unrepentant joker and mimic.

Slip Stream was first released as an action figure in 1986, packaged with the Conquest X-30.

In the Marvel Comics G.I. Joe series, Slip Stream debuted in issue #49 (July 1986). He made ten appearances in the Special Missions spinoff series, second only to Wild Bill (eleven), with his first coming in issue #3 as part of a ground team sent in to steal an advanced fighter jet. He has another ground based mission later. He works with Lt. Falcon and Psyche-Out; they rescue three Russian soldiers from an Afghanistan prison. Multiple layers of lies get the Russians to act as Joe agents and rescue a C.I.A. chief from an Iranian group.

Slip Stream is one of the Joe pilots selected to make a recon raid over Cobra Island to find out why so much equipment is being moved. He and his fellow pilots shoot down many Cobra pilots. He has a cameo as the co-pilot four issues later.