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  • MQ-9 instructors bolster skills during RIMPAC

    More than 25,000 service members from around the world are making waves at the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 exercise in Hawaii. For the first time in history, this includes instructor pilots from the 49th Wing’s MQ-9 Formal Training Unit.

  • Total Force Teamwork Leads to RIMPAC Success

    There is a tendency for people to think of the U.S. military as a massive singular unit, rather than complimentary units working in unison. This is actually how the Armed Forces function and nowhere is that concept more on display than during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022.

  • Total Force Airmen maintain MQ-9 mission at RIMPAC 2022

    Unmanned and remotely operated vessels extend the capability of interconnected manned platform sensors to enhance the warfighting capacity of multinational joint task forces. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from

  • RIMPAC is underway for the Fighting 49ers

    For the last decade the MQ-9 Reaper has been the most requested asset in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, patrolling the skies during periods of conflict and heightened regional tensions.