For the first few weeks of his training, as he learned how to fly remotely piloted aircraft, Master Sgt. Alex felt like he was in over his head. The RPA sensor operator, who joined the Air Force in ...

Avionics specialists with the 12th Aircraft Maintenance Unit prepare a Global Hawk for a runway taxi test at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. (Stacey Knott/Air Force) The Air Force has begun selecting the ...

Gen. Hawk Carlisle, the head of Air Combat Command, listened to remotely piloted aircraft pilots, sensor operators and other airmen in the career field for nearly four hours Friday as they laid out ...

As the Air Force scrambles to hold on to remotely piloted aircraftdrone pilots to help feed the military's ravenous need for more intelligence, the service is for the first time offering them critical ...

WASHINGTON (AFNS) | The Air Force recently approved two initiatives for the remotely piloted aircraft career field. First, eight RPA reconnaissance squadrons will be redesignated as attack squadrons.

The Pentagon has authorized the Air Force to pay a $35,000 critical skills retention bonus programs for qualified remotely piloted aircraft pilots. As reported in August, the increase is part of an ...

The Air Force is pursuing a range of options that will, in combination with a reset in the number of sustainable combat air patrols, help alleviate long-term stress on Remotely Piloted Aircraft crews.

The U.S. Air Force now has more jobs for MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper drones than any other type of pilot position, the head of Air Education and Training Command said last week. "I never thought I'd ...

SAN DIEGO – On Nov. 9, 2023, the Italian Air Force (ItAF) made its first flight of a new MQ-9A Block 5 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) built by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI). The ...

New Drone Demo Team Maintains Social Distancing, Performs Remote Airshows. In a novel, April 1, 2020, response to the seriousness of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, the U.S. Air Force has announced the ...