The first group of airmen from the 820th Security Forces Group at Moody AFB, Ga., have completed training with the ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle at Boeing’s UAV Training Center in Clovis, N.M. Marshall Formby, Boeing’s director of training, said in a press release, the airmen have “completed an intensive education in systems operation, aerodynamics, crew resource management, maintenance and tactics.” Although the Navy and Marine Corps have employed the ScanEagle, this USAF group of three operators, two maintainers, a mission commander, and sensor operator will be the first military personnel to directly control the system.
The Pentagon cannot afford to lose access to certain parts of the electromagnetic spectrum if it is to proceed with the “Golden Dome” missile defense initiative, a top official told lawmakers. And with the telecommunications industry and some lawmakers pushing to open military radio waves for commercial use, the Defense…