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Curt Synness For the Independent Record Navy veteran Jeff Kindrick made two WESTPAC cruises with Attack Squadron VA-97 and Carrier Air Wing CVW 14 aboard the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, from 1971-72 and 1972-73. These stints included a record-setting 63 days at sea. When the Air Wing 14 squadrons flew the last combat sorties of the Vietnam War, on January 27, 1973, Kindrick was serving at CVW-14 Beach Detachment, Naval Air Station at Cubi Point, Subic Bay, Philippines. ...

By 162nd Wing Public Affairs / Published June 09, 2021 Tech. Sgt. James ONeil, 214th Attack Group crew chief, completes the pre-flight inspection on an MQ-9 Reaper during Red Flag Rescue 21-1, May 13, 2021, Ft. Huachuca, Ariz. Red Flag Rescue 21-1 is the first iteration of the exercise to include MQ-9 participation. Staff Sgt. Jason Ayala, 214th Attack Group Avionics, performs a pre-flight software load onto an MQ-9 Reaper during Red Flag Rescue 21-1, May 13, 2021, Ft. Huachuc...

/ Published June 09, 2021 Tech. Sgt. James ONeil, 214th Attack Group crew chief, completes the pre-flight inspection on an MQ-9 Reaper during Red Flag Rescue 21-1, May 13, 2021, Ft. Huachuca, Ariz. Red Flag Rescue 21-1 is the first iteration of the exercise to include MQ-9 participation. Staff Sgt. Jason Ayala, 214th Attack Group Avionics, performs a pre-flight software load onto an MQ-9 Reaper during Red Flag Rescue 21-1, May 13, 2021, Ft. Huachuca, Ariz. Red Flag Rescue 21-1 is the...

The 214th Attack Group’s MQ-9 Reapers made their first appearance in the fourth annual Red Flag Rescue at Playas Training Center, New Mexico, May 11, 2021.,

The Turkish Aerospace T129 will bring a needed boost to the Philippine Air Force’s counter-insurgency capabilities.

By 2 Lt. Matthew Doyle, 132d Wing Public Affairs / Published May 21, 2021 A MQ-9 Reaper takes flight from the Gulfport CRTC at Gulfport, Miss. armed with inert GBU-12s (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Jon Alderman) MQ-9 Reaper taxing on the runway as it prepares for takeoff. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by 2nd Lt. Matthew T. Doyle) A LNO, Pilot and Sensor Operator take part in a training flight during Exercise Southern Strike at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Tra...

Airmen and Guardians from various career fields across the 49th Wing, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, participated in the second iteration of exercise Agile Reaper April 7-26.,

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 Forces principal hunter-killer drone, used for counterterrorism operations for more than a decade, is expanding its sea legs. The...

By CHAD GARLAND | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 12, 2021 A Reaper drone crashed at the end of a New York runway last year because the operators mixed up the levers on the control panel, an Air Force investigation report released last week said. The unmanned MQ-9A Reaper quickly lost power and hit the ground about a minute after its takeoff from Hancock International Airport in Syracuse, N.Y., resulting in a loss of over $6 million in government property, the Air Force accident investigat...

  With flags billowing in the breeze, two Cherokee heroes were honored for their illustrious military service during a ceremony at the Cherokee Veterans Park on the morning of Friday, March 12.  Lt. Lewis H. Harding and PFC Reuben E. Taylor, both elders of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), were honored for their service by the members of the Steve Youngdeer American Legion Post 143.   PFC Reuben E. Taylor and Lt. Lewis H. Harding, both elders of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indian...