- "If you've got anything worth protecting with those flight helmets, you'll remember this: stay with your wing man. Without him, you're dead. Two ships together are five times as effective as they would be alone, and they're ten times safer."
- ―Han Solo, to a group of inexperienced pilots, prior to defending an outlaw tech base against Corporate Sector Authority forces
A wingmate, also referred to as one's wingman, was a starfighter and its pilot that served as the second ship within a flight element. The basic purpose of a wingmate was to keep his element leader safe from attacks from enemy starfighters while the leader prosecuted targets, usually enemy craft. Within a flight element, wingmate and leader often switched roles as the situation within the engagement dictated; sometimes the leader would be out-of-position to deal with incoming enemies while the wingmate had a better chance of doing damage.
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- Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game
- The Star Wars Sourcebook
- The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook
- The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook, Second Edition
- TIE Fighter: The Official Strategy Guide
- TIE Fighter: Defender of the Empire: Official Secrets & Solutions
- TIE Fighter Collector's CD-ROM: The Official Strategy Guide
- Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back, Second Edition
- Lords of the Expanse
- Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook, Special Edition
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide
- Star Wars: Empire at War: Prima Official Game Guide
- Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption Expansion: Prima Official Game Guide
- Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game — The Price of Victory (Card: I'm With You) (backup link) (Indirect mention only)
- Biggs Darklighter in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link) (as "wingman")
- Rebel Pilots in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link) (as "wingman")
- Star Wars: X-Wing Second Edition — Rebel Alliance Conversion Kit (Card: Gavin Darklighter)