Together, the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper medium-altitude unmanned aircraft represent the "largest major weapons system the Air Force has right now," Air Combat Command officials told Military ...

The phase-out of the MQ-1 already has started, so it’s an appropriate time to say thank you to the Predator for 20-plus years of selfless service. (Lt. Col. Leslie Pratt/Air Force) The remotely ...

But the MQ-9's enhanced capabilities do not mean that the Predator is obsolete. Quite the contrary. For missions where the aircraft can be launched close to its intended orbit, and where the MQ-9 ...

The MQ-1 Predator, a remotely piloted aircraft system capable of performing 24-hour missions, came equipped with a Multi-Spectral Targeting System and air-to-ground Hellfire missiles.

A U.S. Air Force MQ-1 Predator drone crashed after takeoff from Incirlik Air Force Base, Turkey, on Monday -- just four days after the same type of unmanned aerial vehicle crashed in the same region.

The Air Force has already begun transitioning from the MQ-1 Predator remotely piloted aircraft to the MQ-9 Reaper, but the Predator will be officially retired by summer 2018.

WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- A significant milestone was reached more than two years ahead of schedule with the beginning of the 24th MQ-1 Predator combat air patrol in the war on terrorism.

The MQ-1C Predator A+ Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) has been retired after 18 years and +30,000 flight hours. On Dec. 19, 2022, with a transfer flight from the 61° Gruppo ...

The transition from the MQ-1 Predator drone to the MQ-9 Reaper is expected to be complete by 2018, but plans are already underway to make the switch, according to Defense Department officials.

General Atomics Awarded MQ-1 Predator and Control Station Modification ... a $94 million contract modification which will provide for the MQ-1 Predator aircraft and MD-1 ground control station ...

An MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft from the 361st Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron takes off from Ali Base, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Through the use of advanced capabilities, ...