Block 5 MQ-9 will shape success of MQ-1 retirement, new roles for RPA

By Rachel Cohen / June 30, 2017 at 9:25 AM
CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, NV -- The commander of a key remotely piloted aircraft wing envisions the ongoing effort to retire the MQ-1B Predator by next spring will help refine the MQ-9 Reaper's mission focus, as the service begins deploying Block 5 Reapers and looking at what's next for the RPA enterprise. Col. Case Cunningham, who leads the 432nd Air Wing and its expeditionary counterpart, told Inside the Air Force in a June 19 interview here that the service's...

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