# Team 78: AIR STRIKE

Newport, Rhode Island, USA. Rookie year 1996. District NE.

## Who backs them

- School: Aquidneck Island Robotics
- Sponsors: Naval Undersea Warfare Center, DoD STEM, Nordson EFD, Teri Degnan Real Estate and Consulting, Hideaway Solutions, South Coast Powdercoating
- Website: http://www.facebook.com/frc78/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/air4h
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/airstrike78
- GitHub: https://github.com/aquidneckislandrobotics

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **147.64**, rank 273 of 3708 (92.7th percentile)
- Record: 26-26-0 over 52 matches (50% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 33.9, teleop 113.6, endgame 0.2
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 95%, RP2 35%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Week 0 | 2026week0 | 0 | 10 | 2-1-0 | 8 | 8 | 63.7 |  |  |
| NE District North Shore Event | 2026marea | 2 | 18 | 6-6-0 | 26 | 6 | 86.4 | 24 |  |
| NE District URI Event | 2026rikin | 3 | 4 | 8-4-0 | 36 | 3 | 147.5 | 45 |  |
| New England FIRST District Championship - Burns Division presented by GlobalFoundries | 2026necmp1 | 7 | 26 | 5-7-0 | 30 | 6 | 147.6 | 54 |  |
| BattleCry at WPI (June) | 2026bc2 | 14 | 14 | 6-3-0 | 27 | 10 | 143.2 |  |  |

### Awards in 2026

- Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse (2026rikin)

## CAD

Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform.

- 2024, Comp Robot, Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/b616b8ff9cd8ae29363cd356/w/e9922561d93ec4661c35ce50/e/ea6deb4c8b74aa7cfc7f60d9

## Name history

Every name FIRST recorded for this team, newest first. A span states the first and last season the name was on the team.

- 2016 – now: AIR STRIKE
- 2010 – 2015: AIR Strike

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 17
- Awards: 63, over 16 seasons
- Einstein appearances: 1 (2024)

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finalist | 12 | 2025, 2023, 2020, 2018, 2016, 2012, 2010 |
| Winner | 8 | 2024, 2019, 2017, 2014, 2011 |
| Impact | 8 | 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2014, 2013 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 6 | 2022, 2019, 2015, 2012 |
| Quality | 5 | 2025, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016 |
| Leadership | 5 | 2020, 2019, 2014, 2011 |
| Industrial Design | 4 | 2024, 2023, 2018, 2010 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 3 | 2018, 2017, 2015 |
| Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 3 | 2016, 2014, 2011 |
| Innovation in Control | 2 | 2024, 2023 |
| VOTY | 2 | 2023, 2014 |
| Autonomous | 2 | 2022, 2020 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2026 |
| Woodie Flowers | 1 | 2024 |
| Safety (no longer given) | 1 | 2014 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Creativity, Imagery, Impact Finalist, Judges', Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | New England FIRST District Championship - Burns Division presented by GlobalFoundries | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | NE District URI Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2026 | NE District North Shore Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | Week 0 | Alliance 8 · captain | Top four |
| 2025 | Daly Division | Alliance 5 · 3rd pick | Finalist |
| 2025 | New England FIRST District Championship - Sosik Division presented by GE Aerospace | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | NE District URI Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2025 | NE District Greater Boston Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2024 | Einstein Field | Alliance 7 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | Milstein Division | Alliance 1 · 3rd pick | Won the event |
| 2024 | New England FIRST District Championship - Ganson Division | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | NE District Greater Boston Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2024 | NE District BSU Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2024 | Week 0 | Alliance 5 · captain | Won the event |
| 2023 | Archimedes Division | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2023 | New England FIRST District Championship - MEIR Division | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2023 | NE District Rhode Island Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Finalist |
| 2023 | NE District SE Mass Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2023 | Week 0 | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2022 | New England FIRST District Championship - Calcium Division | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | NE District Central Mass Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2022 | NE District Granite State Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2020 | NE District SE Mass Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2020 | NE District Northern CT Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | Curie Division | Alliance 3 · captain | Top four |
| 2019 | New England District Championship | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | NE District Central Mass Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2019 | NE District Rhode Island Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2019 | NE District SE Mass Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Won the event |
| 2018 | Darwin Division | Alliance 3 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | New England District Championship | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2018 | NE District Rhode Island Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | NE District SE Mass Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2018 | NE District Worcester Polytechnic Institute Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2018 | Week 0 | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2017 | Darwin Division | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | New England District Championship | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2017 | NE District - Rhode Island Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2017 | NE District - SE Mass Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | NE District - Granite State Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2017 | Week 0 | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | Carver Division |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | New England District Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | NE District - UMass-Dartmouth Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Top four |
| 2016 | NE District - Granite State Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2016 | Week 0 |  |  |
| 2015 | Hopper Division | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | NE District - Rhode Island Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | NE District - UMass - Dartmouth Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2014 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | New England FRC Region Championship | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2014 | Rhode Island District Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Won the event |
| 2014 | Groton District Event | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2013 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2013 | Pine Tree Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2013 | BAE Systems Granite State Regional | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2012 | Curie Division | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Finalist |
| 2012 | Boston Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2012 | BAE Systems Granite State Regional | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2011 | Newton Division | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2011 | Boston Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Won the event |
| 2011 | BAE Systems/Granite State Regional | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2010 | Galileo Division | Alliance 2 · captain | Top four |
| 2010 | BAE Systems Granite State Regional | Alliance 1 · 1st pick | Finalist |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 147.6 | 273 / 3708 | 92.7 | 26-26-0 | 5 |
| 2025 | 67.1 | 274 / 3687 | 92.6 | 32-28-0 | 6 |
| 2024 | 35.2 | 196 / 3475 | 94.4 | 52-23-1 | 10 |
| 2023 | 55.6 | 174 / 3284 | 94.7 | 46-28-1 | 9 |
| 2022 | 35.8 | 231 / 3053 | 92.5 | 27-17-0 | 5 |
| 2020 | 63.2 | 71 / 2024 | 96.5 | 21-11-0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 32.0 | 45 / 3763 | 98.8 | 67-18-1 | 7 |
| 2018 | 111.3 | 532 / 3617 | 85.3 | 53-38-1 | 7 |
| 2017 | 113.2 | 224 / 3331 | 93.3 | 53-28-1 | 6 |
| 2016 | 37.3 | 424 / 3114 | 86.4 | 41-21-1 | 6 |
| 2015 | 32.2 | 679 / 2873 | 76.4 | 0-0-40 | 3 |
| 2014 | 49.8 | 367 / 2697 | 86.4 | 40-21-1 | 6 |
| 2013 | 30.5 | 500 / 2510 | 80.1 | 16-20-0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 17.7 | 142 / 2332 | 94.0 | 31-12-2 | 4 |
| 2011 | 37.6 | 26 / 2053 | 98.8 | 35-12-0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 4.3 | 22 / 1801 | 98.8 | 20-8-6 | 2 |

A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL.

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