Fact Sheet Alphabetical List

  • LITENING II/ER/AT

    Mission LITENING is a precision targeting pod system currently operational with a wide variety of combat air forces aircraft (A-10, B-52H, F-15E and F-16) as well as aircraft operated by other services and allies (AV-8B and EF-18). This precision targeting system significantly increases the combat

  • MQ-9 Reaper

    The MQ-9 Reaper is an armed, multi-mission, medium altitude, long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft primarily employed against high-value assets. Given its significant loiter time, multi-mode communications suite, precision weapons, and a wide array of signals intelligence sensors -- it provides a

  • OC-135B Open Skies

    Mission The United States of America Open Skies OC-135B Observation Aircraft supports the Open Skies Treaty. The aircraft flies unarmed observation flights over participating parties of the treaty. Features The aircraft is a modified WC-135B. The OC-135B modifications center around four cameras

  • Over the Horizon Backscatter Radar: East and West

    The AN/FPS-118 Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar System (OTH-B) was developed in the 1970s and 1980s to provide all-altitude, long-range surveillance of aerial approaches to the United States. OTH-B radar systems use the ionosphere to refract outgoing radar waves and return signals, enabling the

  • P-9A PALE ALE

    The P-9A PALE ALE is an advanced Detection and Monitoring (D&M) Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) that uses a heavily modified De Havilland DHC-8 (“Dash 8”) Q202 airframe. The system is owned by Air Combat Command (ACC) and used by United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) to mitigate the gaps in

  • RC-135U Combat Sent

    The RC-135U Combat Sent provides strategic electronic reconnaissance information to the President, Department of Defense leaders, and theater commanders. Locating and identifying foreign military land, naval and airborne radar signals, the Combat Sent collects and minutely examines each system,

  • RC-135V/W RIVET JOINT

    The RC-135V/W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft supports tactical, theater and national level consumers with near real time on-scene intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination capabilities. (Current as of January 31, 2022)