Page 24 - Attack Wing News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Air Force testing new capabilities for MQ-9 drone during exercise By (0) An MQ-9 Reaper with three Ghost Reaper pods attached awaits takeoff at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base, Syracuse, N.Y. Photo by Megan Fowler/U.S. Air National Guard May 4 (UPI) -- The 174th Attack Wing is working with multiple Pentagon contractors and academic researchers to establish new capabilities for the MQ-9 Reaper drone aircraft, the Air National Guard announced Tuesday. According to a press release from the wing, the new capabilities include battlefield and airspace communications enhancements as well as ...

Editorial Roundup: New York Adirondack Daily Enterprise. April 15, 2021. Editorial: Water is still cold; wear a PFD We have been surprised to see a whole lot of canoes on the tops of cars driving through Saranac Lake. It’s not just us. Erin Hanczyk, spokesperson for Region 5 of the state Department of Environmental Conservation, said she’s been surprised to see so many, too. Early to mid April is very early to be out paddling in the Adirondacks. Usually it’s only a handful of hardcores out on the water at this time. Maybe most of these boats are being bought or sold, and aren’t actual...

33 East Amherst, N.Y. — After a year and a half of no large-scale training due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 200 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from New York and New Jersey trained together to respond to Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear incidents April 16-17. They are members of the FEMA Region II Homeland Response Force, known as the HRF. The team is trained to find and rescue victims and provide security, decontamination, medical treatment and command and control in support of local first responders during the first hours and days of a natural or ...

Military, Hancock were wrong to keep Reaper drone crash a secret (Editorial) Updated 7:30 AM; Today 7:30 AM An MQ-9 Reaper drone operated by the NY Air National Guard's 174th Attack Wing is shown after crashing June 25, 2020 at Syracuse Hancock International Airport.U.S. Air Force photo Facebook Share The 174th Attack Wing at Hancock Field routinely flies remote-controlled MQ-9 Reaper drones over our homes, schools, businesses, roads and lakes. When a drone crashes, it’s more than an embarrassment to the military. It’s a matter of public concern. It’s dismaying that we’re only learn...

A Reaper drone crashed at Syracuse’s airport. Why wasn’t the public told? Updated 7:44 AM; Today 6:00 AM An MQ-9 Reaper drone operated by the NY Air National Guard's 174th Attack Wing is shown after crashing June 25, 2020 at Syracuse Hancock International Airport.U.S. Air Force photo Facebook Share An Air National Guard MQ-9 Reaper drone crashed shortly after takeoff last summer at Syracuse Hancock International Airport, but military officials decided not to inform the public until now. A U.S. Air Force accident investigation board disclosed details of the crash in a report issued last ...