AH/G-24 Banshee

The AH/G-24 Banshee is a Terran air unit set to appear in StarCraft II.

Overview
The Banshee is a Terran aircraft designed by Procyon Industries in response to the Terran Dominion's requirement for a dedicated ground attack aircraft. Experience had shown that it was unlikely that adapting an existing design would prove satisfactory. Thus, Procyon designed an entirely new craft.

The design was heavily optimized for its intended role. Armament was limited to air-to-ground Backlash Cluster Rockets, eschewing any anti-aircraft weapons. As the Banshee was never intended to operate outside of an atmosphere, only relatively low-thrust turbofans were fitted, wholly unable to achieve escape velocity, but much cheaper than engines capable of achieving space flight. Later Banshees were fitted with cloaking devices taken from Wraiths.

The Banshee has proven successful in service. Easily transported from world to world, its mobility and firepower has proven most useful, especially in inhospitable terrain and against hostile irregular forces. The Banshee has also acquired a reputation as a Dominion terror weapon, a result of a significant number of civilians being killed by Banshees employed in urban combat.

Game Unit
The Banshee's attack strikes single ground units. Because it moves during the attack, it has trouble hitting units directly underneath it.

It has the ability to cloak.

The Banshee appears to be weak against dedicated anti-aircraft structures, such as Phase Cannons.

In early builds, the Banshee delivered an area of effect attack, though this has since been removed.

Trivia
In in-game videos, the Banshee has been seen over space platforms. These platforms have artificial gravity generators,  which could sustain an atmosphere of sorts and so explain how Banshees can operate there.

The Banshee was made to be both similar and different to the Wraith, the key difference being the nature of their attack. As many cloak detector units are aerial, this would prevent the Banshee from attacking the units which presented the greatest threat to it. As such, the Banshee fulfills the role of a base raider of a "combined-arms" Terran force.