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  • Texas Air Guard Deploys MQ-9 to help fight wildfires

    HOUSTON - The Texas Air National Guard deployed an uncrewed aerial system in March to help the Texas Department of Emergency Management and local fire departments combat fires that engulfed the Panhandle region.Equipped with advanced sensors and imaging technology, the MQ-9 deployed by the 147th

  • 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

  • MQ-9 makes its debut at RIMPAC SINKEX 2022

    JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Participating in the SINKEX provided an opportunity for units from Australia, Canada, Malaysia and the U.S. to test weapons and systems in a simulated environment, working against opposing forces and eventually culminating in the explosion of a

  • Syracuse-based Airmen hit 60,000 hours of MQ-9 flight time

    HANCOCK FIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. – The Airmen of the 138th Attack Squadron, part of the New York Air National Guard’s 174th Attack Wing, hit the milestone of 60,000 hours flying unmanned MQ-9 Reapers in combat at the end of November. That 60,000-hour figure isn’t like the odometer turning