Out of the darkness of civil war, a group of teenagers stole several damaged Rebel fighters after Imperial Storm Troopers attacked a small colony on Tantooine. These teenagers were forced to flee in their newly acquired spacecraft from advancing Imperial forces. They made it only as far as the outer atmosphere when they were confronted with an Imperial-class Star Destroyer. The boys were surrounded by TIE Fighters who opened fire. With the spirit and training experience they grew up with, they were brought into combat and engaged the TIE's. They gallantly fought against overwhelming odds destroying 24 other ships before their first loss was brought about. They lost only one ship in the battle. One of the A-Wings was hit by a concussion missile and 4 more were behind him. His distress calls were hardly needed as a fellow X-Wing heroically collided with the missiles, the pilot, never calling out before he died in a large flash of light. From that day the group's honor and courage were never to be challenged until four years later when an Imperial Officer ordered them to leave the planet. This man acted out his roll as Son-of-a-bitch of the decade. They left, but as that Imperial officer was smiling for being so powerful, his frigate and escort were being destroyed.

They went on from planet to planet bringing a force of such speed and fire that no one could see until their missiles filled the sky. These "kids" went on fighting and killing for many years. They were known as Rebel Aces to the New Republic, and to the Imperials, they were known as shit-for-brains kids, that were as hard as hell to hit.

In years to come, the respected symbol of youthful courage fought without recognition in many battles. With such fire and intense fighting ability recognized, the Rebel Alliance allowed the group to keep their fighters and gave them a name:

Archangel Squadron. Archangel for the immense power of their small group.