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Despite Progress, Training Backlog Slows Guard's Conversion To MQ-9

/ July 18, 2014 at 1:48 AM
With the transfer of its beloved A-10s to Moody Air Force Base, GA, and the departure of the majority of its pilots, the 188th Wing of the Arkansas Air Force National Guard is working through the challenges associated with converting from manned to unmanned platforms. In exchange for the A-10s, the wing's operations group will now operate MQ-9 Reapers from a new control center being established at the base and the wing has also picked up a new targeting group...

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