Alpha Squadron is a former team of mutants in the comic book series New X-Men: Academy X

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, in the Marvel Universe

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. They are students of the Xavier Institute and are instructed by members of the X-Men

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. The squad’s colors are red, grey and black.

After M-Day, all individual teams of the Xavier Institute

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 disbanded and have been formed into one group.

Advisors

Alpha Squadron was advised by former Alpha Flight member, Northstar

Northstar

Northstar is a fictional character, a superhero who appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the twin brother of Aurora. Through his mutation, Northstar gains superhuman powers, which he uses for the betterment of society...

. Thus the name Alpha Squadron. When Northstar was seemingly killed by Wolverine

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, the squad was assigned a new advisor, Karma

Karma (comics)

Karma is a fictional superheroine from Marvel Comics created by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller.Karma is a mutant endowed with the ability to seize control of another's mind, though she has sometimes been depicted with other more extensive psionic abilities...

.

Members

The members of the Alpha Squadron were:

• Anole
  Anole (comics)
  Anole is a fictional mutant superhero in the Marvel Universe. He was created by Christina Weir and Nunzio DeFilippis and first appeared in issue #2 of New Mutants vol. 2 . A student at the Xavier Institute and junior member of the X-Men, Anole is one of the few openly gay characters in the Marvel...
  
   (Victor Borkowski), Victor was the leader of Alpha Squadron. He has a reptilian mutation with the power to camouflage himself, blending in to his surroundings. Anole was one of the 27 students at the institute to retain his powers after M-Day
  Decimation (comics)
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  .

• Rubbermaid
  Rubbermaid (comics)
  Rubbermaid is a fictional character, a mutant appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in X-Treme X-Men #20 .-Jeffrey Garrett:...
  
   (Andrea Margulies), ultra-elasticity enables her to negate the rigidity of her molecular structure in order to stretch any portion of her body to great lengths and absorb damage without injury. Andrea was the youngest member of Alpha Squadron. Rubber Maid died on a bus that was attacked by Stryker in New X-Men #23.

• Indra
  Indra (comics)
  Indra is a fictional character who currently appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. A teenage mutant, Indra attended the Xavier Institute before its closing and is a member of the X-Men's training squad. He first appeared in New X-Men: Academy X #7.-Alpha Squadron:Paras Gavaskar is...
  
   (Paras Gavaskar), Indra is from India
  India
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  . He has a younger sister who is also a student at the Institute who has yet to be introduced. The name Indra is taken from the Hindu god of weather and war
  Indra
  ' or is the King of the demi-gods or Devas and Lord of Heaven or Svargaloka in Hindu mythology. He is also the God of War, Storms, and Rainfall.Indra is one of the chief deities in the Rigveda...
  
  , and is endowed with the ability to extend exoskeletal plates over his body to increase his physical resistance to injury. Indra was one of the 27 students at the institute to retain his powers after M-Day
  Decimation (comics)
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  .

• Loa
  Loa (comics)
  Loa is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. A mutant, Loa is a student at the Xavier Institute. She made her debut in New X-Men: Academy X #5.-Before Xavier's:...
  
   (Alani Ryan), Loa is Hawaiian
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  . Her powers allow her to "swim" through solid matter, causing it to crumble around her as she does so. Loa Retained her powers after M-Day.

• Network (Sarah Vale), Sarah's power is technopathy and can mentally interact with machines, including computers, making them follow her commands. Network died on a bus that was attacked by Stryker in New X-Men #23. She is Preview
  Preview (comics)
  Preview is a fictional character, a mutant appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Before being depowered, she had the ability of short-term precognition, usually minutes in advance. She is the sister of fellow Xavier Institute for Higher Learning student Sarah Vale...
  
  's sister.

• Kidogo
  Kidogo
  Kidogo is a fictional character, a mutant appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a student at the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning and first appeared in New X-Men: Academy X #12 ....
  
   (Lazaro Kotikash), he is a Maasai and almost a head taller than anyone else on the team. His power is to shrink himself to 4 inches (101.6 mm) in height. In the New X-Men: Yearbook Special #1, he was voted Most Ironic Power.

Decimation

After House of M, Wanda Maximoff

Scarlet Witch

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 depowered 90% of the mutant population. The Xavier Institute was affected a great deal, losing many of the students and some X-Men. Alpha Squadron was also affected. Rubbermaid, Network and Kidogo lost their powers while Anole, Indra and Loa kept theirs. Karma also kept hers. Rubbermaid and Network unfortunateley died in the bus attack from William Stryker

William Stryker

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. Kidogo's status and whereabouts are unknown.

Squad Sexuality

• Nunzio DeFilippis
  Nunzio DeFilippis
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   and Christina Weir
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   have stated that it is not impossible that Alpha Squadron has more gay members (2 or 3) than other squads. As they have only made a decision on Anole's
  Anole (comics)
  Anole is a fictional mutant superhero in the Marvel Universe. He was created by Christina Weir and Nunzio DeFilippis and first appeared in issue #2 of New Mutants vol. 2 . A student at the Xavier Institute and junior member of the X-Men, Anole is one of the few openly gay characters in the Marvel...
  
   sexuality, they aren't sure about this yet. It remains to be seen if this idea will still be in effect after Decimation and the change of writers.
• Shan Coy Manh
  Karma (comics)
  Karma is a fictional superheroine from Marvel Comics created by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller.Karma is a mutant endowed with the ability to seize control of another's mind, though she has sometimes been depicted with other more extensive psionic abilities...
  
   and Jean-Paul Beaubier, the squad's advisor and former advisor, respectively, are both homosexual.