STARDUSTER. The code name used by U.S. Army Sergeant Edward J. Skylar, born in Burlingame, California. Skylar was a circus trapeze artist before enlisting and becoming an Airborne Ranger. The acrobatic skills he displayed as a helicopter assault trooper caught the attention of Duke, who thought his skill would work well with a JUMP jetpack and recruited him for G.I. Joe, where he served before the team's shut down in 1994. Today, like many Joes, he is a reserve member of the team. Starduster served in England and Ireland during the conflict known as World War III.