Aviation News
Three airmen completed undergraduate remotely piloted aircraft training on May 5 and made history by becoming the first group of enlisted men to serve as pilots in the U.S. Air Force since World War 2.
U.S. Air Force illustration/Tech. Sgt. Ave I. Young
The MQ-9 recently dropped a GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munition at a range, adding another weapon to the drone’s arsenal.
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U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christian Clausen
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Chinese firm DJI has quietly released a firmware for its Phantom quadcopters so that they will be disabled in Iraq and Syria.
By Helge Könnecker (Multicopter-Uetze.de) (Own workOriginal text: selbst fotografiert) [Attribution], via Wikimedia Commons
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A MQ-9 from Holloman Air Force Base went down at approximately 11:30 a.m. on May 2. No one was injured.
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U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Emily A. Kenney
The first of five RQ-4s to deploy to Yokota Air Base, Japan arrived at the base on May 1.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Donald Hudson
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