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The 42nd Bomber Squadron poses for a group photo Dec.

The 42nd Bomber Squadron poses for a group photo Dec.

The 42nd Bomber Squadron poses for a group photo Dec. 25, 1940. The 42nd Bomber Squadron is one of the many names that the 42nd has held since its original activation in 1917. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

First MQ-9 Squadron looks good for 100

First MQ-9 Squadron looks good for 100

The 42nd Attack Squadron reach it's centennial anniversary June 13, 2017. It's lineage can be traced back to World War I where it was a training unit before being re-designated in the mid-1930's as a bombardmen... More

Brig. Gen. James Cluff, Remotely Piloted Aircraft,

Brig. Gen. James Cluff, Remotely Piloted Aircraft,

Brig. Gen. James Cluff, Remotely Piloted Aircraft, Big Wing Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance director and Col. Joseph Campo, 49th Wing commander, operate training prototypes, Feb. 8, 2019, on Hollo... More

The show must go on, US Air Force Photo

The show must go on, US Air Force Photo

Airman 1st Class Ethan, 16th Training Squadron MQ-9 Reaper sensor operator student, studies course material in a study room, April 1, 2020, on Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, classes... More

A pilot for General Atomics guides the Altair remotely operated aircraft from a ground control station using both visual and telemetered data. ED05-0082-04

A pilot for General Atomics guides the Altair remotely operated aircra...

A pilot for General Atomics guides the Altair remotely operated aircraft from a ground control station using both visual and telemetered data.

An ocean color senor, a passive microwave vertical sounder and an electro-optical sensor were mounted on the Altair UAV for the NOAA-NASA flight demonstration. EC05-0090-03

An ocean color senor, a passive microwave vertical sounder and an elec...

An ocean color senor, a passive microwave vertical sounder and an electro-optical sensor were mounted on the Altair UAV for the NOAA-NASA flight demonstration.

Terrence Hertz, Deputy Associate Administrator for Technology, NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, at the NOAA/NASA Altair flight demo kickoff. ED05-0082-09

Terrence Hertz, Deputy Associate Administrator for Technology, NASA Ae...

Terrence Hertz, Deputy Associate Administrator for Technology, NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, at the NOAA/NASA Altair flight demo kickoff.

A satellite antenna, electro-optical/infrared and ocean color sensors (front) were among payloads installed on the Altair for the NOAA-NASA flight demonstration EC05-0090-19

A satellite antenna, electro-optical/infrared and ocean color sensors ...

A satellite antenna, electro-optical/infrared and ocean color sensors (front) were among payloads installed on the Altair for the NOAA-NASA flight demonstration

Equipped with a pod-mounted infrared imaging sensor, the Altair UAS aided fire mapping efforts over wildfires in central and southern California in late 2006. ED06-0208-3

Equipped with a pod-mounted infrared imaging sensor, the Altair UAS ai...

Equipped with a pod-mounted infrared imaging sensor, the Altair UAS aided fire mapping efforts over wildfires in central and southern California in late 2006.

A high-tech infrared imaging sensor in its underbelly pod, the Altair UAS flew repeated passes over the Esperanza fire to aid firefighting efforts. ED06-0208-1

A high-tech infrared imaging sensor in its underbelly pod, the Altair ...

A high-tech infrared imaging sensor in its underbelly pod, the Altair UAS flew repeated passes over the Esperanza fire to aid firefighting efforts.

Airman 1st Class Gale Passe disarms a GBU-12 laser-guided

Airman 1st Class Gale Passe disarms a GBU-12 laser-guided

Airman 1st Class Gale Passe disarms a GBU-12 laser-guided munition attached to an MQ-1 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Nov. 10. The Reaper can carry up to 3,750 pounds of ordnance, inc... More

First Flight for 174th FW MQ-9, New York harbor

First Flight for 174th FW MQ-9, New York harbor

The 174th Fighter Wing, working out of its launch and recovery site at Wheeler-Sack Army Air Field (AAF) on Ft. Drum N.Y., flew its own MQ-9 Reaper for the first time. The 174th has been working with the Federa... More

Hundreds of Afghan locals, Kandahar Air Wing leadership

Hundreds of Afghan locals, Kandahar Air Wing leadership

Hundreds of Afghan locals, Kandahar Air Wing leadership and Kandahar Airfield leadership attend the 2012 Kandahar Air Wing Open House at Kandahar Air Wing, Afghanistan, Jan. 1, 2012. Leaders at the Kandahar Air... More

Col. Julian Cheater, 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary

Col. Julian Cheater, 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary

Col. Julian Cheater, 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing commander and Chief Master Sgt. Jeffrey Taylor, 432nd WG/432nd AEW interim command chief accept the April Las Vegas Citizen of the Month award on beh... More

The men and women of Creech Air Force Base were recognized

The men and women of Creech Air Force Base were recognized

The men and women of Creech Air Force Base were recognized as the April Citizens of the Month at the Las Vegas City Hall, April, 4, 2018. Approximately 3,500 Creech members call Las Vegas home and make an impac... More

An MQ-9 Reaper takes off at Wheeler-Sack Army Air Field

An MQ-9 Reaper takes off at Wheeler-Sack Army Air Field

An MQ-9 Reaper takes off at Wheeler-Sack Army Air Field in Fort Drum, N.Y., Feb. 14, 2012. The MQ-9 is from the 174th Fighter Wing who launches and recovers the air craft at WSAAF.

Airmen assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Aircraft

Airmen assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Aircraft

Airmen assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron move a MQ-9 Reaper at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, July 10, 2012.

An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft performs a

An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft performs a

An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft performs a "touch-and-go" while an MQ-1B Predator prepares for takeoff, May 13, 2013. Both aircraft are participating in routine training operations. Creech Air Force Ba... More

Leaders of the 174th Fighter Wing and the New York

Leaders of the 174th Fighter Wing and the New York

Leaders of the 174th Fighter Wing and the New York National Guard cut the ribbon officially opening the new $5.1 million Launch and Recovery Hangar housing two MQ-9 aircraft at Wheeler Sack Army Airfield on Tue... More

An MQ-9 Reaper sits on the flight line at Hurlburt

An MQ-9 Reaper sits on the flight line at Hurlburt

An MQ-9 Reaper sits on the flight line at Hurlburt Field, Fla., April 24, 2014.The MQ-9 Reaper is an armed, multi-mission, medium-altitude, long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft that is employed primarily as... More

Now etched in stone, the monument baring the legacy

Now etched in stone, the monument baring the legacy

Now etched in stone, the monument baring the legacy of the 111th Attack Wing is updated in advance of the re-designation ceremony held June 7, 2014, at Horsham Air Guard Station. The ceremony symbolized the for... More

For the first time ever, the 163rd Reconnaissance Wing

For the first time ever, the 163rd Reconnaissance Wing

For the first time ever, the 163rd Reconnaissance Wing flies the MQ-9 Reaper in the airspace over the Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, Calif., July 30, 2014. (Air National Guard photo by Se... More

MQ-9 Reaper crew chiefs from the 49th Aircraft Maintenance

MQ-9 Reaper crew chiefs from the 49th Aircraft Maintenance

MQ-9 Reaper crew chiefs from the 49th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron perform a routine inspection on an MQ-9 remotely piloted aircraft at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., Aug. 12. The 49th AMXS thoroughly inspects... More

Col. John J. Higgins, 107th Airlift Wing commander

Col. John J. Higgins, 107th Airlift Wing commander

Col. John J. Higgins, 107th Airlift Wing commander here, acting as flight navigator completes his final C-130 flight here, Sept. 25, 2014. Higgins is retiring from the Air Force as the 107th converts from C-130... More

A C-130 aircraft receives a "water salute" after returning

A C-130 aircraft receives a "water salute" after returning

A C-130 aircraft receives a "water salute" after returning from its final flight by a crew from the New York Air National Guard's 107th Airlift Wing to Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station in Niagara Falls, N.Y. o... More

New York Air National Guard leadership welcomed Poland

New York Air National Guard leadership welcomed Poland

New York Air National Guard leadership welcomed Poland Minister Czeslaw Mroczek Oct. 29, 2014, at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base. Mroczek, Poland's undersecretary in charge of defense modernization, and ... More

Lt. Col. Robert I. Kinney, 188th Intelligence, Surveillance

Lt. Col. Robert I. Kinney, 188th Intelligence, Surveillance

Lt. Col. Robert I. Kinney, 188th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group commander, hands over the 123rd Intelligence Squadron colors to Lt. Col. Stanley L. Stefancic, 123rd IS commander, during a c... More

Members of the 174th Attack Wing Munitions Flight train

Members of the 174th Attack Wing Munitions Flight train

Members of the 174th Attack Wing Munitions Flight train on loading procedures on March 7, 2015, at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base. The munition load crew must be certified quarterly on transporting, load... More

Chaplain Tom Smith was promoted to the rank of colonel

Chaplain Tom Smith was promoted to the rank of colonel

Chaplain Tom Smith was promoted to the rank of colonel March 7, 2015, during a formal pinning ceremony presided by Brig. Gen. H. D. McCarty held at Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Fort Smith, Ark. Smith served ... More

Col. Brian Burger, 188th Operations Group commander,

Col. Brian Burger, 188th Operations Group commander,

Col. Brian Burger, 188th Operations Group commander, passes the guidon to Lt. Col. Jeremiah Gentry, 184th Attack Squadron commander, signifiying the assumption of command of the newly redesignated squadron Marc... More

Col. Mark Hoehn, 49th Operations Group commander, poses

Col. Mark Hoehn, 49th Operations Group commander, poses

Col. Mark Hoehn, 49th Operations Group commander, poses in front of an F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter jet static display March 18 at Heritage Park, Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. On March 19, 2003, Hoehn and th... More

Senior Airman Peter May, 49th Aircraft Maintenance

Senior Airman Peter May, 49th Aircraft Maintenance

Senior Airman Peter May, 49th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Avionic specialist journeyman, uses an electronic technical order to ensure all procedures are followed at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. March 18, 201... More

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Keith Klemmer, Arkansas deputy

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Keith Klemmer, Arkansas deputy

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Keith Klemmer, Arkansas deputy adjutant general, speaks to Airmen during a prayer breakfast held May 3, 2015, at Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Fort Smith, Ark. The breakfast was hosted by... More

Senior Master Sgt. Anita M. Sullivan of the 174th Attack

Senior Master Sgt. Anita M. Sullivan of the 174th Attack

Senior Master Sgt. Anita M. Sullivan of the 174th Attack Wing, Hancock Field Syracuse, N.Y., salutes Commander Col. Greg Semmel after receiving the Meritorious Service Medal during her retirement ceremony June ... More

Brig. Gen. James Vogel, commander of the Arkansas Air

Brig. Gen. James Vogel, commander of the Arkansas Air

Brig. Gen. James Vogel, commander of the Arkansas Air National Guard, visits with Airmen from the 188th Wing June 7, 2015, during Wingman Day held at Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Fort Smith, Ark. Vogel was s... More

Tech. Sgt. Tonie Marshall, 49th Aircraft Maintenance

Tech. Sgt. Tonie Marshall, 49th Aircraft Maintenance

Tech. Sgt. Tonie Marshall, 49th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron unit training manager, gives the opening remarks during the 49th AMXS Change of Command at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. June 9, 2015. During the Ch... More

Training performance of the MQ-9

Training performance of the MQ-9

An MQ- Reaper remotely piloted aircraft performs aerial maneuvers over Creech Air Force Base, Nev., June 25, 2015. The MQ-9 Reaper is an armed, multi-mission, medium-altitude, long-endurance remotely piloted ai... More

An MQ- Reaper remotely piloted aircraft performs aerial

An MQ- Reaper remotely piloted aircraft performs aerial

An MQ- Reaper remotely piloted aircraft performs aerial maneuvers over Creech Air Force Base, Nev., June 25, 2015. The MQ-9 Reaper is an armed, multi-mission, medium-altitude, long-endurance remotely piloted ai... More

163rd Attack Wing, California Air National Guard, re-designation ceremony

163rd Attack Wing, California Air National Guard, re-designation cerem...

Col. Dana Hessheimer, commander, 163rd Attack Wing, California Air National Guard, March Air Reserve Base, receives the new wing guidon during an official re-designation ceremony on base Saturday, July 11, 2015... More

The 49th Maintenance Group squadrons present arms during

The 49th Maintenance Group squadrons present arms during

The 49th Maintenance Group squadrons present arms during the singing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" during the group's change of command at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., July 17, 2015. During this ceremony, Col... More

Airmen from the 107th Airlift Wing answer questions

Airmen from the 107th Airlift Wing answer questions

Airmen from the 107th Airlift Wing answer questions from the public about the MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft during the Thunder of Niagara air show, July 18, 2015. The 107th converted from C-130s to the MQ-9.

Brig. Gen. Kurt Vogel, commander of the Arkansas Air

Brig. Gen. Kurt Vogel, commander of the Arkansas Air

Brig. Gen. Kurt Vogel, commander of the Arkansas Air National Guard, speaks to Airmen during a newcomers orientation class held Aug. 1, 2015 at Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Ark. Vogel relayed the priorities ... More

Gen. Frank Gorenc, U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces

Gen. Frank Gorenc, U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces

Gen. Frank Gorenc, U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa commander, speaks during a mission briefing at Hancock Field, Aug. 8. Gorenc received the mission brief prior to a tour of the base. During his vis... More

Future Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC) with

Future Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC) with

Future Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC) with the 274th Air Support Operations Squadron (ASOS) undergo rigorous physical training prior to attending their first formal technical school while at Hancock F... More

Gen. Frank Gorenc, U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces

Gen. Frank Gorenc, U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces

Gen. Frank Gorenc, U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa commander visits Hancock Field, Syracuse, N.Y., Aug. 8, 2015. Gorenc oversees the 152nd Air Operations Group. (New York Air National Guard photo by... More

An MQ-9 Reaper sits on the flight line prior to takeoff

An MQ-9 Reaper sits on the flight line prior to takeoff

An MQ-9 Reaper sits on the flight line prior to takeoff at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., Oct. 13, 2015. The MQ-9 Reaper is an armed, multi-mission, medium-altitude, long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft tha... More

188th SFS completes sniper, advanced designated marksman training

188th SFS completes sniper, advanced designated marksman training

Senior Airman Corey Smith of the 188th Security Forces Squadron, records data of his previous shot Nov. 6, 2015, during known distance sniper and advanced designated marksman qualification at Fort Chaffee Joint... More

Senior Airman Corey Smith of the 188th Security Forces

Senior Airman Corey Smith of the 188th Security Forces

Senior Airman Corey Smith of the 188th Security Forces Squadron zeroes in his M24 rifle during known distance sniper and advanced designated marksman qualification Nov. 6, 2015, at Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver T... More

Second Lt. Logan Huffman, company grade officer

Second Lt. Logan Huffman, company grade officer

Second Lt. Logan Huffman, company grade officer representative, introduces the distinguished panelists to members of the wing Nov. 6, 2015, during the Leadership Symposium at Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Ark... More

Senior Airman Tyler Price receives the Outstanding

Senior Airman Tyler Price receives the Outstanding

Senior Airman Tyler Price receives the Outstanding Service Award from Col. Bobbi Doorenbos, 188th Wing commander, for the Airman of the Year category. Forty-two Outstanding Airmen of the Year nominees were reco... More

Aircraft specialists from the 62nd Expeditionary

Aircraft specialists from the 62nd Expeditionary

Aircraft specialists from the 62nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron prepare a MQ-9 Reaper for a sortie at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 5, 2015. The Reaper is an armed, multi-mission, medium-altitud... More

Brig. Gen. Kurt Vogel, commander of the Arkansas Air

Brig. Gen. Kurt Vogel, commander of the Arkansas Air

Brig. Gen. Kurt Vogel, commander of the Arkansas Air National Guard, pins a Bronze Star medal onto the shirt of former 188th member Master Sgt. Paul Fair. Fair was awarded the Bronze Star medal for his role as ... More

The New York Air National Guard's 174th Attack Wing

The New York Air National Guard's 174th Attack Wing

The New York Air National Guard's 174th Attack Wing conducted their first MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) flying operation from Hancock Field Air National Guard Base and Syracuse Hancock Internation... More

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) taxis back onto Hancock Field after a successful takeoff and landing at Hancock International Airport in Syracuse, N.Y., on Dec. 16, 2015. The Reaper... More

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) takes off at Hancock International Airport in Syracuse, N.Y., on Dec. 16, 2015. The Reaper was the first RPA to take off from an international airpor... More

Col. Kilgore Promotion, Air National Guard

Col. Kilgore Promotion, Air National Guard

Col. Michelle L. Kilgore, 174th Operations Group Commander, addresses members of the 174th during her promotion ceremony held on Hancock Field Air National Guard Base, April 3, 2017

Families enjoy static displays and aerial performances

Families enjoy static displays and aerial performances

Families enjoy static displays and aerial performances during the Cannon Air Show May 29, 2016, at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M. The 2016 Cannon Air Show highlights the unique capabilities and qualities of Canno... More

New York Air National Guard Tech Sgt. Jake Wolfe speaks

New York Air National Guard Tech Sgt. Jake Wolfe speaks

New York Air National Guard Tech Sgt. Jake Wolfe speaks to visitors about the MQ-9 Reaper operated by the 174th Airlift Wing, on Sept. 15, 2016, at the 2016 Africa Aerospace and Defense Airshow and Exhibition a... More

New York Air National Guard, Tech Sgt. Todd Chisamore,

New York Air National Guard, Tech Sgt. Todd Chisamore,

New York Air National Guard, Tech Sgt. Todd Chisamore, a member of the 174th Attack Wing from Syracuse, N.Y. discusses the MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted during the closing day of the 2016 Africa Aerospace and... More

Cleared hot: When predators and reapers engage

Cleared hot: When predators and reapers engage

An MQ-9 Reaper sits on the flight line Nov. 16, 2016, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. The MQ-9 provides persistent attack and reconnaissance capabilities for combatant commanders and coalition forces involved in... More

Senior Airman Than, 42nd Attack Squadron MQ-9 sensor

Senior Airman Than, 42nd Attack Squadron MQ-9 sensor

Senior Airman Than, 42nd Attack Squadron MQ-9 sensor operator flies a simulated training mission Nov. 28, 2016, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. The position of sensor operator is one of two jobs in the Air Force... More

From left to right, retired Col. Michael Shenk, Col.

From left to right, retired Col. Michael Shenk, Col.

From left to right, retired Col. Michael Shenk, Col. Howard Eissler, the 111th Attack Wing commander, and Col. John O’Brien, 111th Operations Group commander, stand at attention during the 111th OG Change of Co... More

AF prepares for all MQ-9 force

AF prepares for all MQ-9 force

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper awaits maintenance Dec. 8, 2016, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. The MQ-1 Predator has provided many years of service and the time has come for the Air Force to transition to the mor... More

The eye in the sky: MQ-1, MQ-9s provide increased awareness

The eye in the sky: MQ-1, MQ-9s provide increased awareness

An MQ-1 Predator flies overhead during a training mission Dec. 12, 2016, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. The MQ-1 and the MQ-9 Reaper, help operators provide unique and unmatched situational awareness on the bat... More

Senior Airman Devon Guillory, a 49th Maintenance Squadron

Senior Airman Devon Guillory, a 49th Maintenance Squadron

Senior Airman Devon Guillory, a 49th Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance technician, adjusts the temperature on a hot bonder, Dec. 14, 2016, at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. The hot bonder adju... More

MQ-9 participates in Red Flag 17-1, integrates with F-35

MQ-9 participates in Red Flag 17-1, integrates with F-35

An MQ-9 Reaper flies during a training mission Jan. 28, 2016, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. The MQ-9 integrated with the F-35A Lightning II during Red Flag 17-1 for the first time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sen... More

A Remotely Piloted Aircraft pilot flies a training

A Remotely Piloted Aircraft pilot flies a training

A Remotely Piloted Aircraft pilot flies a training mission during Top Knife, Feb. 9, 2017 at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. During Top Knife, flight surgeons, physiologists, psychologists and chaplains from acro... More

MQ-1, MQ-9 aircrews help liberate Manbij

MQ-1, MQ-9 aircrews help liberate Manbij

In 2016, 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing MQ-1B Predator and MQ-9 Reaper aircrews assisted coalition partners in the reclamation of Manbij, Syria, from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria forces. Pilots and ... More

Col. Robert Kilgore, commander of the 107th Attack

Col. Robert Kilgore, commander of the 107th Attack

Col. Robert Kilgore, commander of the 107th Attack Wing, New York Air National Guard, addresses visitors in attendance at a ceremony announcing the redesignation of the wing from an airlift wing to an attack wi... More

Providing freedom from terror: MQ-9s help reclaim Sirte

Providing freedom from terror: MQ-9s help reclaim Sirte

From August to December of 2016, MQ-9 Reaper aircrews supported the Government of National Accord and other coalition partners to remove Islamic State of Iraq and Syria fighters from Sirte, Libya. On Dec. 19, 2... More

All in a night’s work: MQ-9s maximize airpower downrange

All in a night’s work: MQ-9s maximize airpower downrange

An MQ-9 Reaper, loaded with four GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bombs is ready for a training mission March 31, 2017, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. The MQ-9, matched with a skilled aircrew, provides persistent... More

BREAKING: New Block 5 MQ-9 debuts in combat

BREAKING: New Block 5 MQ-9 debuts in combat

The new Block 5 MQ-9 Reaper is loaded with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, a GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bomb and a GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munition April 13, 2017, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. On 23 June, 2... More

Total Force wingmen enable MQ-1, MQ-9 mission

Total Force wingmen enable MQ-1, MQ-9 mission

Tech. Sgt. Christopher, 91st Attack Squadron MQ-9 Reaper sensor operator, is a reservist working with active duty and Air National Guard Airmen to enable MQ-9 airpower downrange in support of various mission se... More

From left to right, the Frankenphone, the Frankenphone

From left to right, the Frankenphone, the Frankenphone

From left to right, the Frankenphone, the Frankenphone 2.0 and the headset connector are displayed June 12, 2017, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. The Frankenphone has filled a gap for a long term solution to com... More

In 2016, Master Sgt. Eric, 432nd Aircraft Maintenance

In 2016, Master Sgt. Eric, 432nd Aircraft Maintenance

In 2016, Master Sgt. Eric, 432nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Reaper Aircraft Maintenance Unit production superintendent created an engine trainer from scavenged parts which include all the electrical componen... More

Lt. Gen. Mark Kelly, 12th Air Force commander, Col.

Lt. Gen. Mark Kelly, 12th Air Force commander, Col.

Lt. Gen. Mark Kelly, 12th Air Force commander, Col. Case Cunningham, outgoing 432nd Wing commander and Col. Julian Cheater, incoming 432nd Wing commander, salute during the singing of the national anthem at the... More

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada-Airmen assigned to the

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada-Airmen assigned to the

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada-Airmen assigned to the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing represented Creech Air Force Base, Nev., at the Lethbridge International Airshow July 14-16, 2017 in the Alberta provi... More

Two MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft sit in a

Two MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft sit in a

Two MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft sit in a hangar at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 1, 2017. The MQ-9 Reaper is an armed, medium-altitude airframe; it's primary role is the delivery of kinetic str... More

Staff Sgt. Nickie, MQ-9 Reaper crew chief assigned

Staff Sgt. Nickie, MQ-9 Reaper crew chief assigned

Staff Sgt. Nickie, MQ-9 Reaper crew chief assigned to the 432nd Maintenance Group, installs a locking pin to the motor during the assembly of the MQ-9 model Aug. 24, 2017, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The Reap... More

U.S. Air Force, Navy and Italian Air Force service

U.S. Air Force, Navy and Italian Air Force service

U.S. Air Force, Navy and Italian Air Force service members salute and stand at attention for both nation’s flags and the POW/MIA flag during the 324th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron change of command cer... More

James P. Ellis, Air Force Site Activation Task Force

James P. Ellis, Air Force Site Activation Task Force

James P. Ellis, Air Force Site Activation Task Force Team Chief for the MQ-9 Active Associate working group meets with representatives of the New York Air National Guard's 174th Attack Wing September 12, 2017 a... More

An MQ-9 Reaper flies a training mission Oct. 18, 2017,

An MQ-9 Reaper flies a training mission Oct. 18, 2017,

An MQ-9 Reaper flies a training mission Oct. 18, 2017, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. MQ-9 and MQ-1 Predator aircrews helped liberate Raqqah, Syria, from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s control in early O... More

Airmen from multiple Air National Guard units of Texas,

Airmen from multiple Air National Guard units of Texas,

Airmen from multiple Air National Guard units of Texas, New York, Iowa, Ohio, California, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, and North Dakota supported and flew MQ-9 Reaper aircraft during Operation Combat Hamm... More

An MQ-9 Reaper sits on the flight line as remotely

An MQ-9 Reaper sits on the flight line as remotely

An MQ-9 Reaper sits on the flight line as remotely piloted aircraft crews wait for the fog to clear during Combat Hammer Nov. 6 at Duke Field, Fla. Air National Guard units brought two MQ-9s and a complete laun... More

Aviation Nation gets a visit from a MQ-1, MQ-9

Aviation Nation gets a visit from a MQ-1, MQ-9

An MQ-9 Reaper assigned to the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing sits on the flightline as the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds fly overhead at the 2017 Aviation Nation Air and space Expo, Nov. 11, 2017, at Ne... More

Airmen assigned to the 432nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

Airmen assigned to the 432nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

Airmen assigned to the 432nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Reaper Aircraft Maintenance Unit don their masks before a weapons load competition Dec. 8, 2017, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. Chemical, biological, r... More

A U.S. Airman assigned to the 20th Civil Engineer Squadron

A U.S. Airman assigned to the 20th Civil Engineer Squadron

A U.S. Airman assigned to the 20th Civil Engineer Squadron constructs a fence for a new MQ-9 site at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Dec. 12, 2018. Airmen began construction following results from an environmental a... More

The MQ-9 Reaper flies overhead at Creech Air Force

The MQ-9 Reaper flies overhead at Creech Air Force

The MQ-9 Reaper flies overhead at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, Feb. 15, 2019. The Reaper and its aircrew are considered one of the most demanded aircraft in combat operations due to its ability to provide ove... More

An MQ-9 Reaper, assigned to the 62nd Expeditionary

An MQ-9 Reaper, assigned to the 62nd Expeditionary

An MQ-9 Reaper, assigned to the 62nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, armed with four GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munition parks on a flightline before a mission on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan Feb. 22, ... More

Members of the Remotely Piloted Aircraft community

Members of the Remotely Piloted Aircraft community

Members of the Remotely Piloted Aircraft community retired the MQ-1 Predator March, 9, 2018, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. For more than 20 years, MQ-1 aircrew provided intelligence, survaillance, reconnaissan... More

Members of the Remotely Piloted Aircraft community

Members of the Remotely Piloted Aircraft community

Members of the Remotely Piloted Aircraft community retired the MQ-1 Predator March, 9, 2018, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. For more than 20 years, MQ-1 aircrew provided intelligence, survaillance, reconnaissan... More

Members of the Remotely Piloted Aircraft community

Members of the Remotely Piloted Aircraft community

Members of the Remotely Piloted Aircraft community retired the MQ-1 Predator March, 9, 2018, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. For more than 20 years, MQ-1 aircrew provided intelligence, survaillance, reconnaissan... More

Maj. Travis, deputy of the 432nd Wing Staff Agency

Maj. Travis, deputy of the 432nd Wing Staff Agency

Maj. Travis, deputy of the 432nd Wing Staff Agency Commander’s Action Group and survivor of an almost deadly motorcycle accident, flies with one of his licensed friends, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Jan. 25, 2019. In ... More

Trial by Fire, US Air Force Photo

Trial by Fire, US Air Force Photo

An RQ-4 Global Hawk on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The RQ-4 is a highaltitude, long-range, unmanned aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel)

Weapons load crews from both the Reaper and Tiger Aircraft

Weapons load crews from both the Reaper and Tiger Aircraft

Weapons load crews from both the Reaper and Tiger Aircraft Maintenance Units assigned to the 432nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron competed in a load crew of the Quarter competition April 6, 2018, at Creech Air F... More

An Airman assigned to 432nd Maintenance Squadron assembles

An Airman assigned to 432nd Maintenance Squadron assembles

An Airman assigned to 432nd Maintenance Squadron assembles the MQ-9 Reaper model during the Wings over Columbus Air and Dpace Expo April 20,2018, at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. The model is the only o... More

Creech Airmen display the MQ-9 Reaper at MacDill Air

Creech Airmen display the MQ-9 Reaper at MacDill Air

Creech Airmen display the MQ-9 Reaper at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. for the 2018 Tampa Bay Airfest, May 12-13, 2018. Remotely Piloted Aircraft maintainers, aircrew, and support personnel attend air shows acro... More

Creech Airmen showcase the MQ-9 Reaper at Langley Air

Creech Airmen showcase the MQ-9 Reaper at Langley Air

Creech Airmen showcase the MQ-9 Reaper at Langley Air Force Base, Va. for the 2018 Airpower over Hampton Roads air show, May 19-20, 2018. Remotely Piloted Aircraft maintainers, aircrew and support personnel bri... More

An MQ-9 Reaper, assigned to the 62nd Expeditionary

An MQ-9 Reaper, assigned to the 62nd Expeditionary

An MQ-9 Reaper, assigned to the 62nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, lands at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, May 24, 2018. The 62nd ERS provides close air support, intelligence, surveillance and reconna... More

Creech Airmen participate in the 2018 Arctic Thunder

Creech Airmen participate in the 2018 Arctic Thunder

Creech Airmen participate in the 2018 Arctic Thunder Open House June 29-July 1, 2018 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Teams made up of MQ-9 Reaper aircrew, maintainers and support personnel travel to... More

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