Strike Force Valkyrie

Strike Force Valkyrie was the secondary strike force involved in Operation Back Lash. Its goals was to conduct the first Terran raid against the Kilrathi home world of Kilrah in an effort to weaken the Kilrathi military. The strike force conducted the operation in 2667.

Composition

Strike Force Commander, Commodore Thaddeus O'Brian

• Flagship: TCS Tarawa (Wake-Class Escort Carrier)
  • 48 fighters (Squadron each of Ferrets, Rapiers and Sabres)
    • Wing Commander, Jason Bondarevsky
  • First Marine Commando Battalion (500 Marine Commandos)
    • Commander Officer, Colonel Jim Merritt
    • Air-to-Ground Coordinator, "The Talker," Major Svetlana Ivanova
  • Ten Landing Craft

• TCS Intrepid
  • Captain Grierson

• TCS Kagimasha
  • Captain Teng