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The extended range version of the MQ-9 has been operational field by the U.S. Air Force in August, General Atomics announced.
Photo: POA(Phot) Tam McDonald/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Mark Welsh, will make a decision by November whether to allow the branch’s enlisted airmen fly unmanned aerial vehicles.
By English: Staff Sgt. Don Branum, U.S. Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Earlier estimate of upgrading the RQ-4 with new sensors for $4 billion might be too conservative, Lt. Gen. Robert Otto, deputy chief of staff for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance believes it can be done at half the price.
U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andy M. Kin
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Despite setting a world record in December, the U.S. Air Force appears to have stop testing the Orion unmanned aerial vehicle from Aurora Flight Sciences.
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Photo: Aurora Flight Sciences
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A KC-135 coming in to land at MacDill Air Force Base encountered a quadcopter that came within 20 feet of the tanker on Apr. 17.
By United States Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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