Tag Archives: Air Force

Predator ops in Afghanistan-landing “paper planes” in a crosswind

By Sean Gallagher | Published: September 15, 2009
This morning, I got a chance to participate in a blogger roundtable Q&A with Brig. Gen. Guy M. Walsh, commander of the 451st Air Expeditionary Wing, Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan. Walsh, who until recently commanded the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard out of Baltimore, took command of the new 451st Air Expeditionary [...]
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Air Force, Army leaders lay out joint UAS future

By Sean Gallagher | Published: February 26, 2009
The Air Force and Army try to get their large UAS acts together with “Task 11″, a concept of how to go forward with unmanned aerial systems in both services. The Army has been hot to get its own UASs dedicated to frontline units, to forward deploy them for both C4ISR missions and as potential [...]
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Australian MP: US selling allies short on F-22

By Sean Gallagher | Published: February 18, 2009
An Australian member of parliament says the US is giving its allies the shaft by not selling them the F-22 Raptor, and sticking them with the less-capable Joint Strike Fighter. Key US allies – particularly Australia, Britain, Japan and, although with a very different relationship, Israel – have been told the Raptor is simply too good [...]
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