The Warner Robins Air Logistics Center at Robins AFB, Ga., will be taking on depot maintenance support for the Air Force’s other prime unmanned aerial vehicles—MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper—in addition to its work on the RQ-4 Global Hawk UAV, reports the Macon Telegraph. Air Force Materiel Command has decided to assign the work to Robins, which could boost the ALC’s workforce, according to Gene Rector of the Telegraph. Warner Robins also supports the high flying U-2 reconnaissance aircraft.
The Pentagon is significantly bolstering airpower near Venezuela, dispatching the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group to Latin America, it said in an Oct. 24 statement. The announcement came just hours after U.S. Air Force B-1 bombers and other U.S. assets flew near the Venezuelan coast on Oct. 23.
