▁establish ▁a ▁Ste alth ▁F ighter ▁base ▁in ▁South ▁America . ▁It ▁is ▁destroyed ▁in ▁a ▁ra id ▁orch estr ated ▁by ▁Cob ra ▁Commander ▁and ▁Dark lon . ▁Ghost r ider ▁man ages ▁to ▁lift ▁off , ▁and ▁ass ists ▁in ▁saving ▁the ▁aircraft ▁car rier ▁the ▁USS ▁Fl agg ▁and ▁the ▁space ▁sh utt le ▁the ▁USS ▁Def i ant . ▁Also ▁in ▁the ▁battle ▁on ▁the ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁Jo es , ▁is ▁the ▁pilot ▁Dog f ight ▁in ▁his ▁own ▁craft . ▁ ▁Later , ▁Ghost r ider ▁and ▁S lip - Stream , ▁working ▁off ▁the ▁USS ▁Fl agg , ▁run ▁a ▁recon ▁mission ▁over ▁the ▁fict ional ▁country ▁of ▁Ben z he en . ▁R amp art ▁and ▁Back blast ▁save ▁the ▁du o , ▁by ▁shooting ▁down ▁a ▁Cob ra ▁R att ler . ▁As ▁with ▁his ▁other ▁appearances , ▁Ghost r ider ▁accepts ▁that ▁nobody ▁can ▁remember ▁his ▁code - name . ▁While ▁the ▁mission ▁succeed s , ▁the ▁Ste alth ▁F ighter ▁is ▁a ▁complete ▁loss . ▁For ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁issue , ▁S lip - Stream ▁is ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁" D og f ight ", ▁who ▁surv ived ▁an ▁earlier ▁w reck ▁onto ▁the ▁Fl agg ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁issue . ▁ ▁A ▁running ▁g ag ▁throughout ▁the ▁Marvel ▁G . I . ▁Joe ▁com ic ▁series ▁was ▁that ▁Ghost r ider ' s ▁name ▁was ▁never ▁actually ▁said ▁by ▁any ▁other ▁Jo es , ▁or ▁even ▁used ▁in ▁narr ation .