Story: "Airborne" (30 Pages)

Credits:

Geoff Johns (plot, script)
Carlos Pacheco and Ethan Van Sciver (pencils)
Jesus Merino and Ethan Van Sciver (inks)
Moose Baumann (colors)
Rob Leigh (letters)
Harvey Richards (assistant edits)
Peter Tomasi (edits)

Feature Character:

Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; last in Countdown to Infinite Crisis #1; origin retold)

Supporting Characters:

Green Lantern (John Stewart; last in Green Lantern: Rebirth #6)
Jim Jordan (last in ???)
Colonel Shane Sellers (first appearance; an old friend of Hal's and a F/A-22 Test Squadron Commander)
Captain Jillian "Cowgirl" Pearlman (first appearance; a test pilot)
Abin Sur (in Hal's origin flashback)

Villains:

A Manhunter (first appearance of this model)
Manhunter 1988.2814 (behind the scenes; last in flashback in issue #3)
Shark III (last in Aquaman Vol. 5 #31; next in issue #4)

Other Characters:

Kristy (a waitress at a diner in Barstow)
Chris (her boyfriend; first appearance of both; both die)
Johnson (first appearance; a soldier)

Comment: This issue includes a special thanks to: Lieutenant Mary Danner, Colonel Michael Luallen, John Haire, Major Matt Yocum, Class 04B of TPS - Captain J. Kearl, Captain Ben George, Captain Noel Bouchard and the men and women of Edwards Air Force Base.