The Pentagon Press Secretary, Brig Gen Pat Ryder, recently confirmed that the USAF has been carrying out “unarmed UAV flights over Gaza” since October 7 in support of “hostage recovery efforts”
On October 13, Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, greeted the first of several USAF-operated MQ-9A Reaper unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAVs) that are scheduled to deploy to the base, which is also referred to as the ‘Keystone of the Pacific’
The USMC’s Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3 (VMU-3) ‘Phantoms’ celebrated reaching Initial Operational Capability with the MQ-9A Reaper medium-altitude, long-endurance UAV at MCAS Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, on August 4
El Escuadrón 3 de Vehículos Aéreos no Tripulados (VMU-3) 'Phantoms' del USMC celebró la consecución de la Capacidad Operativa Inicial con el vehículo aéreo no tripulado de media altitud y larga resistencia (MALE) MQ-9A Reaper en MCAS Kaneohe Bay, Hawái, el 4 de agosto.
In late July, British media channels reported that the USAF had applied to the UK’s aviation regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority, to change its airspace rules in order to allow RQ-4B Global Hawk HALE UAVs and MQ-9A Reaper MALE UCAVs to fly from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire
A finales de julio, los medios de comunicación británicos informaron de que la USAF había solicitado al regulador de la aviación del Reino Unido, la Autoridad de Aviación Civil (CAA), que modificara sus normas sobre el espacio aéreo para permitir que los vehículos aéreos no tripulados (UAV) de gran altitud y larga resistencia (HALE) RQ-4B Global Hawk y los vehículos aéreos de combate no tripulados (UCAV) de altitud media y larga resistencia (MALE) MQ-9A Reaper volaran desde RAF Fairford, en Gloucestershire.
Funcionarios del Pentágono han declarado que "se pusieron en peligro vidas humanas" cuando un caza Sukhoi Su-35S Flanker-E de las Fuerzas Aeroespaciales rusas se acercó peligrosamente a un avión de inteligencia, vigilancia y reconocimiento (ISR) de la USAF sobre Siria.
Pentagon officials have said lives were ‘put at risk’ when a Sukhoi Su-35S Flanker-E fighter jet from the Russian Aerospace Forces came perilously close to a USAF intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft over Syria
El Departamento de Estado de EE.UU. ha aprobado la posible venta militar al extranjero (FMS) de cuatro vehículos aéreos de combate no tripulados (UCAV) MQ-9A Block 5 Reaper de General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) y el equipo correspondiente a los Países Bajos por un coste estimado de 611 millones de dólares.
US State Department approval has been granted for the possible Foreign Military Sale of four General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9A Block 5 Reaper UCAVs and related equipment to the Netherlands for an estimated cost of $611m
While the Royal Air Force's (RAF's) airlift fleet has undoubtedly been the public focus of the UK's efforts to evacuate nationals from Sudan, another British military asset has been operating over the war-torn African nation, assisting evacuation efforts in a much more subtle way.
Aeronaves de la 27ª Ala de Operaciones Especiales (SOW), con base en Cannon AFB en Nuevo México, apoyarán el Ejercicio Balikatan dirigido por Filipinas durante todo el mes de abril.
Aircraft from the 27th Special Operations Wing (SOW), based at Cannon AFB in New Mexico, will be supporting the Philippine-led Exercise Balikatan throughout April
A USAF MQ-9A Reaper was destroyed after it was intercepted by two Russian Aerospace Forces (RuAF) Sukhoi Su-27 Flankers during a routine intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) patrol in international airspace over the Black Sea on March 14.
Un MQ-9A Reaper de la USAF fue destruido tras ser interceptado por dos Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker de las Fuerzas Aeroespaciales Rusas (RuAF) durante una patrulla rutinaria de inteligencia, vigilancia y reconocimiento (ISR) en espacio aéreo internacional sobre el Mar Negro el 14 de marzo.