The Air Force has lost another unmanned aerial vehicle with the crash Monday of an MQ-1 Predator in Iraq. US Central Command Air Forces officials released only the time—about 1:30 p.m. local time—and approximate location—near al Muqdadiya. The Air Force will form an accident investigation board.
The Air Force’s Experimental Operations Unit hosted a change of command ceremony recently, another sign of how the CCA concept is maturing and becoming entrenched in the Air Force’s structure, to the point where exercises have generated multiple sorties in a single day to simulate high-tempo combat operations.