Fact Sheet Alphabetical List

  • Red Flag: 414th Combat Training Squadron

    Red Flag – Nellis (RF-N) is the Air Force’s premiere air-to-air combat training exercise, and participants include both United States and allied nations’ combat air forces.

  • RQ-1/MQ-1 Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Retired)

    Mission The MQ-1 Predator is a medium-altitude, long-endurance, remotely piloted aircraft. The MQ-1's primary mission is interdiction and conducting armed reconnaissance against critical, perishable targets. When the MQ-1 is not actively pursuing its primary mission, it acts as the Joint Forces Air

  • RQ-170 Sentinel

    The RQ-170 belongs to the Air Force’s fleet of persistent, multi-role remotely piloted aircraft (RPA). It is an agile, low-observable asset that provides intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) to joint force commanders in highly-contested environments.

  • RQ-4 Global Hawk

    The RQ-4 Global Hawk is a high-altitude, long-endurance, remotely piloted aircraft with an integrated sensor suite that provides global all-weather, day or night intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capability. (Current as of August 22, 2024)

  • SAR Agencies

    1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern), through the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center (AFRCC), is the single federal agency responsible for coordinating search and rescue activities in the continental United States. It also provides search and rescue assistance to Canada and Mexico. Besides

  • Sniper Pod

    Sniper Pods provide improved long range target detection/identification and continuous stabilized surveillance for all missions. The Sniper Pod enables aircrew to detect and identify a multitude of targets ranging from maritime vessels, buildings, and vehicles, to potential enemy personnel on the

  • TETHERED AEROSTAT RADAR SYSTEM

    Mission The Tethered Aerostat Radar System is a balloon-borne radar system. The primary aerostat mission is to provide low level radar surveillance data in support of federal agencies involved in the nation's drug interdiction program. Secondary mission is to provide North American Aerospace Defense