Capt. John Webber (l) of Civil Air Patrol's Indiana Wing provides instruction to Cadet Capt. Linus McFarland at CAP's National Emergency Services Academy. Civil Air Patrol photo. Civil Air Patrol is now using small drones to aid in search and...
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The XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator, a long-range, high subsonic unmanned air vehicle, completed its inaugural flight March 5, 2019, at Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz. Air Force photo by SrA. Joshua Hoskins. The XQ-58A Valkyrie experimental “wingman” drone was damaged upon landing...
A C-130 flown by airmen from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing takes off from Canadian Forces Station Alert on Ellsmere Island, Nunavut, after dropping off supplies on Sept. 30, 2019. Courtesy photo via USAF. The New...
This map, produced by Civil Air Patrol’s National Cell Phone Forensics Team, helped guide searchers to a missing Colorado hiker on Sept. 30, 2019. Map image courtesy of CAP. The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center credited Civil Air Patrol search...
A 52nd Fighter Wing crew chief marshals an F-16 Fighting Falcon down the runway at Spangdahlem AB, Germany, on Oct. 1 2019. Air Force photo by A1C Alison Stewart. Flight operations at Spangdahlem AB, Germany, were grounded on Oct. 9,...
A USAF A-10 Thunderbolt II breaks away after aerial refueling from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Aerial Refueling Squadron out of Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on Aug. 15, 2019. Air Force photo by SSgt. Keifer Bowes. US aircraft...
USAF F-16s return to Spangdahlem AB, Germany, after completing Exercise Trident Juncture 18 on Nov. 9, 2018. Air Force photo by A1C Branden Rae. A pilot from the 52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem AB, Germany, successfully ejected from their F-16...
Dynetics is designing new unmanned aerial vehicles for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Gremlins program, which aims to advance the concept of drone swarms in combat. Dynetics courtesy photo. Dynetics is preparing to fly its new drone for the...
Robins Air Force Base's Russell Parkway Gate, where the incident occurred, is shown above. Air Force photo by Sue Sapp. Three men died Oct. 5 after ramming their car into a security gate at Robins AFB, Ga., the base said...