386th AEW debuts Block 5 Reaper

Maintainers perform final pre-flight procedures prior to an MQ-9 Block 5 taking off for its first combat flight in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. USAF/Senior Airman Damon Kasberg THE USAF’s 386th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) has flown a first combat mission with the Block 5 MQ-9A Reaper remotely piloted aircraft (RPA). The mission was carried out during Operation Inherent Resolve by the wing’s 46th Expeditionary Attack Squadron, which previously operated the MQ-1B Predator. Air Combat Command announced the milestone on