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The Air Force Is Testing Ways to Use the MQ-9 Drone in Island-Hopping Missions
Senior Airman Laura Riggs, 49th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron assistant dedicated crew chief, marshals a MQ-9 Reaper to park during Exercise Agile Reaper, April 16, 2021, on Point Mugu Naval Air Station, California. (U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Kristin Weathersby)
28 Apr 2021
The U.S. Air Force s principal hunter-killer drone, used for counterterrorism operations for more than a decade, is expanding its sea legs.
The service is finishing up another Agile Reaper exercise with the Navy and Marine Corps this week, during which it has tested how quickly airmen can launch, recover and rearm the MQ-9 Reaper for its next mission, according to officials from the 49th Wing at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico.