Aug. 31, 2023 Unleashing aerial potential: Marine Corps harnesses Air Force RPA expertise The Air Force’s successes for more than 16 years with the MQ-9 Reaper means their Marine counterparts don’t have to reinvent the wheel. The two branches joined forces, with the Air Force enabling the Marine Corps to move fast in standing up the Medium Altitude Long Endurance portion of the Marine
July 31, 2023 Air Force MQ-9 Reaper makes debut at Marine Corps exercise A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper participated in a Marine Corps Service Level Training Exercise (SLTE) for the first time ever here from July 24-28, 2023, an event that saw joint cooperation between the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
June 14, 2023 432nd performs first iteration of ACE exercise with MQ-9 Reaper A four-day Agile Combat Employment (ACE) exercise took place at the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing from April 11-14, 2023.
May 22, 2023 53rd Wing tests Angry Kitten Pod on MQ-9 and completes Full Integrated Combat Turn in record time The 556th Test and Evaluation Squadron completed the first round of MQ-9A Reaper ground and flight testing with the Angry Kitten ALQ-167 Electronic Countermeasures (ECM) Pod at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada Apr. 10-28, 2023.
April 27, 2023 SLR: creating new legacy New developments in Satellite Launch and Recovery (SLR) and Automatic Takeoff and Landing Capability (ATLC) are underway at the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing to revamp remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) operations.