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  • Formal Training Unit Produces Aircrews Skilled Beyond the Curriculum

    Students at the 163d Attack Wing Formal Training Unit learn to operate the MQ-9 Reaper aircraft in a challenging environment. Located in the complex Southern California civilian airspace, just getting to the training area requires daily integration to navigate and decipher intricate flight

  • Total Force teamwork lands MQ-9 Reaper for first time at Shaw

    SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. – U.S. Airmen assigned to the 25th Attack Group, here, and 163d Attack Wing, California Air National Guard, landed an MQ-9 Reaper from March Air Reserve Base, California, at Shaw Air Force Base for the first time ever Feb. 14.Airmen assigned to Shaw AFB, Creech AFB, and

  • MQ-9 Reaper Has Operated From A Highway For The First Time

    or the first time, a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone has operated from a highway, as part of the latest efforts by the service to generate airpower even when denied access to traditional airfields and runways. And while the combination of manned aircraft and drones during an exercise of this kind