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US Army plans major aviation exercise ahead of Project Convergence January 28 A drone ascends for operational testing during Project Convergence 20 at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., on Sept. 15, 2020. (Spc. Jovian Siders/U.S. Army) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army will head out west to conduct an intricate, aviation-focused exercise called Edge 21 ahead of the service’s second Project Convergence event, Brig. Gen. Walter Rugen, who is in charge of Army aviation modernization, told Defense News i...

US Army plans major aviation exercise ahead of Project Convergence January 28 A drone ascends for operational testing during Project Convergence 20 at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., on Sept. 15, 2020. (Spc. Jovian Siders/U.S. Army) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army will head out west to conduct an intricate, aviation-focused exercise called Edge 21 ahead of the service’s second Project Convergence event, Brig. Gen. Walter Rugen, who is in charge of Army aviation modernization, told Defense News ...

Share This: Photos: Wassim Nasr France24 The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), has released a statement saying that one of its armed MQ-1C Gray Eagle drones, carrying a Hellfire missile, malfunctioned over Niger, Africa. The drone made an emergency landing near Agadez, Niger, on Saturday according to a military spokesman. This is the second mishap in the U.S. drone fleet in Niger in the past year. In February 2020, an MQ-1C Gray Eagle had crashed after a mechanical malfunction.  AFRICOM...

US Africa Command says one of its drones, an apparently armed Gray Eagle, malfunctioned in Niger January 24 When asked about this photo, of an MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone, apparently armed with a Hellfire missile, on the ground in Niger, AFRICOM officials said one of their drones malfunctioned in the area. (via Twitter) An MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone, operated by U.S. Africa Command made an emergency landing near Agadez, Niger, on Saturday, a U.S. Africa Command spokesman told Military Times. “Th...

America’s military role in Niger remains somewhat mysterious. U.S. forces are stationed in the region as part of a multinational effort to battle extremist groups that have sprung up across northern Africa in recent years. The Pentagon has offered no information about the malfunctioning drone’s specific mission, but it seems highly likely that it was related to the anti-terror campaign. The region has seen a number of high-profile instances involving U.S. troops in recent years. In 2017, fo...

US Africa Command says one of its drones, an apparently armed Gray Eagle, malfunctioned in Niger January 24 When asked about this photo, of an MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone, apparently armed with a Hellfire missile, on the ground in Niger, AFRICOM officials said one of their drones malfunctioned in the area. (via Twitter) An MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone, operated by U.S. Africa Command made an emergency landing near Agadez, Niger, on Saturday, a U.S. Africa Command spokesman told Military Times. “Th...

AFRICOM officials say one of their drones malfunctioned and is on the ground in Niger.

Armed U.S. Army MQ-1C Gray Eagle Drone Performs Emergency Landing In Northern Niger Armed U.S. Army MQ-1C Gray Eagle Drone Performs Emergency Landing In Northern Niger The pretty intact MQ-1C on the ground in Niger. (Author edit based on Twitter images). A U.S. Army MQ-1C Gray Eagle landed on on the ground in Niger, with a live Hellfire missile on the left wing pylon. Photos have started to emerge on social media on Jan. 24, 2021, of a U.S. MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone on the ground in northern Niger...

The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) paved the way in night-vision flying nearly four decades ago, but as with any organization, versatility and growth is the metric by which relevance is judged. The concept of “owning the night” carried Army aviation through countless global conflicts and provided a significant advantage over enemies. Near-peer adversaries now possess comparable night-vision technology, narrowing the advantage provided by zero-illumination tactics.  W...

KNBN NewsCenter1 December 14, 2020 RAPID CITY, S.D. — Two West River residents have been sentenced to federal prison time for methamphetamine-related charges. Daniel Gray Eagle, age 39, was sentenced on December 14 to 188 months for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and two counts Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute. The conspiracy charge stated that Gray Eagle knowingly and intentionally conspired with others to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, mo...