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  • Forecasting the mission, keeping RPAs in the sky

    The 432nd Weather Flight is the largest of its kind in the Air Combat Command with 51 personnel and supporting remotely piloted aircraft operations globally."We support organizations and units throughout the Air Force and Department of Defense," said Capt. Jacob, 432nd Operations Support Squadron

  • Air Combat Command charts path for remote aircrews, units

    Air Combat Command officials announced the results of their study into the Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) community in an attempt to normalize operations and ensure long-term mission success.Initial recommendations from the command's ongoing Culture and Process Improvement Program (CPIP) were

  • Airman achieves life-long dream of becoming a professional bodybuilder

    There he was standing on the 2015 National Physique Committee (NPC) National Bodybuilding Championships stage, Nov. 21, 2015, in Miami, Florida, in front of thousands of people, the blazing spotlights on him, the announcer reading off the winners when he heard his dream came true."And taking second

  • Practice giving thanks the safe way

    Thanksgiving is the time of year when families come together to enjoy a tremendous feast, usually consisting of potatoes, corn, stuffing, gravy, biscuits, and lots of turkey. With that in mind, it's important to keep safety a priority. Thanksgiving is the peak day of the year for home cooking fires.

  • Tenant units develop, test new RPA assets

    Two units from the 53rd Wing, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, help operationally test new remotely piloted aircraft upgrades and models at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada.Detachment 4, the 53rd Test Management Group (TMG), and the 556th Test and Evaluation Squadron, ensure new aircraft models and

  • Creech detachment saves Air Force money, enhances maintenance

    Maintaining fully trained Airmen for the U.S. Air Force's remotely piloted aircraft enterprise is a daunting task.For Detachment 13 of 372nd Training Squadron providing follow up training for maintenance personnel of the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper enterprise here at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada,

  • Planes by day, cars by night; Airman's passion brings balance

    During the day he sits in a cushy, thick seat in a ground control station flying yet another eight hour sortie in the Remotely Piloted Aircraft, the MQ-9 Reaper, by night he sits in a thin, lightweight racing seat harnessed into a raw, stripped out track monster.He is Tech. Sgt. Gabriel, 432nd