The US Air Force has selected Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, as the preferred location for hosting a new MQ-9 Reaper Wing with 24 remotely piloted aircraft. Vandenberg AFB, California, is considered a reasonable alternative, the Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs said on November 28, 2017. Read more
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An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft prepares to taxi out of a hangar at Joint Base Balad in Iraq
(Credit: U.S. Air Force//Tech. Sgt. Erik Gudmundson) Read more
(Credit: U.S. Air Force//Tech. Sgt. Erik Gudmundson) Read more