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  • MQ-9 Reaper lands at Shaw in historic first

    SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. -- U.S. Airmen assigned to the 50th Attack Squadron, here, and the 163d Attack Wing, California Air National Guard, conducted a historic first on Feb. 14, by successfully landing an MQ-9 Reaper at Shaw Air Force Base under satellite control.The landing served as a proof of

  • Texas Air Guard Tests Agile Combat Employment with MQ-9 Reaper

    GALVESTON, Texas - The 147th Attack Wing used an MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial system for satellite launch and recovery operations Jan. 10, conducting Agile Combat Employment operations at Scholes International Airport.The operation demonstrated the wing’s adaptability, agility and commitment to

  • Tennessee Air Guard Remotely Pilots MQ-9 From California

    SMYRNA Tenn. - The Tennessee Air National Guard’s 118th Wing remotely flew an MQ-9 from California to Tennessee June 7 without ground crews and support facilities usually deployed for line-of-sight taxiing, takeoff and landing.As part of exercise Whiskey Fury, designed around the Air Force’s new

  • 147th Attack Wing MQ-Reaper Completes ACE Movement in Europe

    CASLAV AIR BASE, Czech Republic - The Texas Military Department’s 147th Attack Wing demonstrated an MQ-9 Reaper agile combat employment movement from Caslav Air Base to Ostrava airport in the Czech Republic June 13 during Exercise Air Defender.The ACE movement displayed the effectiveness of the MQ-9

  • AFSOC, Total Force lands MC-130J, MQ-9, A-10s, MH-6s on Wyoming Highways

    CASPER, WY -- History was made during Exercise Agile Chariot as an MC-130J Commando II, an MQ-9 Reaper, two A-10 Thunderbolt IIs and two MH-6 Little Birds landed on Highways 287 and 789 April 30 and May 2, 2023, respectively.“The requirement here was clear: how do we get after Agile Combat

  • Reaper Smoke 2022 exercise, crowning ‘best of the best’ MQ-9 aircrew

    CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFNS) -- Nearly 45 MQ-9 Reaper crews from across the United States entered Creech Air Force Base’s flight simulators April 6-7: only one crew emerged on top.Testing remotely piloted aircraft pilots and sensor operators, exercise Reaper Smoke 2022 pitted dozens of

  • Centenarian pilot visits 103rd Attack Squadron

    BIDDLE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE -- A 100-year-old U.S Air Force retiree’s visit to the 103rd Attack Squadron here proved you can take the pilot out of aviation, but you can’t take the aviation out of the pilot. Retired USAF Lt. Col. William P. Bonelli, a Pearl Harbor survivor who went from being an

  • New York Airmen help fight California fires

    SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Four New York National Guard Airmen made a big difference in California's effort to contain 27 massive wildfires this summer. Three MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft crewmembers and a tactical air controller apprentice supported MQ-9 flights launched by California's 163rd Attack

  • 163d Attack Wing navigates a DOMOPS perfect storm

    MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, Calif. – The California Air National Guard's 163d Attack Wing has steeled itself to the toughest domestic operations (DOMOPS) in its history, launching up to three MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) simultaneously in some of the nation's busiest, smokiest airspace to