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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...

Support a Treaty to Ban Weaponized & Surveillance Drones A grassroots international movement to ban weaponized drones and military and police surveillance, entitled Ban Killer Drones, has been launched. Go to bankillerdrones.org to see the team work results of this excellent resource on United States’ not so secret assassinations around the world. A group of long-time anti-drone war organizers including Nick Mottern, Brian Terrell, and Chelsea Faria, with support from three-time Noble Peace...

Drones have become the means of the first choice in modern warfare and are used by state and non-state actors.

The 34th Combat Training Squadron held its latest iteration of Green Flag Little Rock at Alexandria International Airport and Fort Polk, Louisiana, Feb. 2-10, supporting the 82nd Airborne Division’s Joint Readiness Training Center rotation.,

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“Going through this experience recommitted me to the Air Force’s mission.” This is how 1st Lt. Ryan Scadlock describes his recent experience attending an AFWERX-funded fellowship called AF Ventures. AFWERX is the Air Force’s team of innovators that help facilitate connections throughout the industry. The AFWERX mission is to solve problems and further enhance effectiveness of service through innovation. “As a technologist and an intelligence officer, I’m being immersed into a worl...

This is how 1st Lt. Ryan Scadlock describes his recent experience attending an AFWERX-funded fellowship called AF Ventures. AFWERX is the Air Force’s team of innovators that help facilitate connections throughout the industry. The AFWERX mission is to solve problems and further enhance effectiveness of service through innovation. “As a technologist and an intelligence officer, Im being immersed into a world of innovation,” said Scadlock, who maintains cybersecurity for a global manufact...

WNY units among National Guard troops bolstering security for inauguration in Washington, D.C. About 25,000 National Guard troops are now in Washington, D.C. to help provide security around the U.S. Capitol and at other sites. Author: Ron Plants Updated: 8:49 PM EST January 19, 2021 BUFFALO, Minn. — Its less than 24 hours until the inauguration for President Elect Joe Biden and Vice President Elect Kamala Harris in our nations capital. And it is one thats sure ...

Trust the process. As a 16-year member of the United States Air Force Reserve and now in his job as director of emergency management and business continuity at the University, Joseph Hernon has always followed that philosophy. And that’s why Hernon, a master sergeant in the New York Air National Guard, did not hesitate to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine when it was offered last month to nearly 1,000 New York National Guard soldiers and airmen who are military emergency responders. “The ...

New York Army and Air National Guard Presided over 2,00 less services this past year Written by New York Army and Air National Guard Prev Next Pandemic restrictions on funeral services resulted in New York Army and Air National Guard honor guard teams providing over 2,000 fewer military funeral services in 2020 than in 2019. The honor guard Soldiers and Airmen expect to conduct 8,835 military honors at veterans funerals by the end of 2020. In 2019 the New York Army and Air National ...