U.S. military personnel and coalition partners used combat remotely piloted aircraft to counter the Islamic State militant organization in Raqqah, Syria, the U.S. Air Force reported Tuesday. The aircrews flew combat RPAs
MoreThe U.S. Air Force prepares to transition to the General Atomics-built MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft this year as the service branch plans to retire its MQ-1 Predator RPAs in 2018 in
MoreThe U.S. Air Force plans to fill at least half of the service’s RQ-4 Global Hawk pilot crew with enlisted airmen over the next several years amid operational demand and pilot shortage
MoreThe U.S. Air Force has established its first remotely piloted aircraft course for electronic combat officers through a collaboration between the 57th Wing, 432nd Wing, 432nd Air Expeditionary Wing and the 26th Weapons Squadron. The Air
MoreThe U.S. Air Force has issued a set of criteria for selecting up to two additional bases for a new MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle wing in an effort to diversify assignments
MoreA top U.S. Air Force officer has said his service branch and the U.S. Army need unmanned aerial vehicles dedicated to their unique mission sets in the future, Air Force Times reported Sunday.
MoreThe U.S. Air Force looks to buy an additional 75 drones and add up to nine flying squadrons over the next five years under its proposed $3-billion unmanned aircraft program expansion, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday. W.J.
MoreThe U.S. has begun a two-week deployment for two General Atomics MQ-1 Predator drones and 70 personnel to Latvia as part of the European Reassurance Initiative, CNN reported Monday. Tal Kopan and Jim Sciutto write
MoreThe U.S. Air Force is cutting down its unmanned aerial vehicle missions in an effort to ease the workload of its airmen and intelligence operators and sustain combat air patrols over the next 10 years,
MoreThe Defense Department is seeking $2.45 billion in fiscal year 2015 funds for unmanned aerial vehicle acquisition and research, 15.8 percent greater than the fiscal 2014 UAV budget, Military & Aerospace Electronics
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