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- "I thought you said you were a pilot."
"I never said pilot." - ―Captain America and Sam Wilson[src]
Samuel Thomas "Sam" Wilson is an Armed Forces paratrooper who later becomes an ally of Captain America under the codename Falcon.
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Biography
Sam Wilson is a former Pararescueman from the US Air Force 58th Rescue Squadron who now works with the V.A. helping veterans with PTSD. While out on a morning jog, Wilson meets Steve Rogers and the two bond over their status as veterans and their time serving in the Armed Forces.
Falcon in flight.
While on the run from HYDRA, Steve Rogers and Natasha Romanoff seek refuge with Wilson, who tells them that he was part of military project called "Falcon" that tested a new form of winged jetpacks.
Wilson travels with Rogers and Romanoff to interrogate Agent Jasper Sitwell. The trio leave, but are ambushed by the Winter Soldier. A fight breaks out and Rogers, Romanoff, and Wilson are taken into custody. They are rescued by a disguised Maria Hill, who takes them to a secret facility where S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury is recuperating from an assassination attempt.
Wilson later helps Rogers install three special chips that would take away HYDRA's's control over the Helicarriers. On his way to the third Helicarrier, Wilson's Jetpack is damaged by the Winter Soldier and he is forced to skydive down to the Triskelion where he gets caught up in a fist fight with Brock Rumlow. When the Helicarrier crashes into the Triskelion, Wilson jumps out of the building and is saved by Fury and Romanoff. Wilson later agrees to help Cap look for Bucky so that he can convince him of who he really is. [1]
Powers and Abilities
As the Falcon, Wilson employs a set of mechanical wings, which allow for flight with high speed and maneuverability.
Wilson is trained in gymnastics and hand-to-hand combat.
Relationships
- Captain America - Partner & Friend
- Black Widow - Ally
- Winter Soldier - Enemy
- Brock Rumlow- Enemy
Trivia
- In the comics, Sam is a Harlem native who moved to California and became a drug dealer.[2] His plane crashed, and he was genetically altered with the ability to speak telepathically with birds.
- In the comics, Sam is the uncle of Jim Wilson, who was in the film The Incredible Hulk. It is unknown if this relationship will be shown in any future Marvel Cinematic Universe productions.
- Falcon's suit in the film is more similar to the suit of his Ultimate comics variant than that of his Mainstream Universe version.
- Anthony Mackie was extremely disappointed to discover that the suit he would be wearing in the film would not resemble the red spandex suit from the mainstream comics.
