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  • Understanding AFSOC’s Adaptive Airborne Enterprise

    The 27th Special Operation Wing’s Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) community and industry partners completed several capability demonstrations throughout December 2023 as part of Air Force Special Operations Command’s Adaptive Airborne Enterprise (A2E) development.As directed in the 2022 U.S.

  • Reserve takes home trophy for MQ-9 Squadron of the Year

    General Atomics Aeronautical Systems recognized the Air Force Reserve’s 2nd Special Operations Squadron as the MQ-9 Squadron of the Year at the Air Force Association Symposium in Washington, D.C. Sept. 11, 2023.The 2nd SOS is based at Hurlburt Field, Florida, but assigned to the 919h Special

  • MQ-9 completes first-ever mission using dirt landing zone

    Just south of Fort Stockton, Texas, is one of the largest private armed forces training centers in the country, the Nine Mile Training Center --an expansive terrain offering privacy from prying eyes and the perfect opportunity to unleash the MQ-9 Reaper, remotely piloted aircraft.

  • AFSOC, Total Force lands MC-130J, MQ-9, A-10s, MH-6s on Wyoming Highways

    History was made during Exercise Agile Chariot as an MC-130J Commando II, an MQ-9 Reaper, two A-10 Thunderbolt IIs and two MH-6 Little Birds landed on Highways 287 and 789 April 30 and May 2, 2023, respectively.“The requirement here was clear: how do we get after Agile Combat Employment and hone the

  • MQ-9s demonstrate new capabilities in Emerald Flag

    Air Force Special Operations Command’s Remotely Piloted Aircraft enterprise participated in an Emerald Flag exercise here Oct. 17-20 2022, using the large force event to demonstrate the Agile Combat Employment of MQ-9 Reaper aircraft anywhere in the world.Emerald Flag is a multi-domain exercise

  • Reservists, RPA mission transforming for future fight

    The palm trees wave gently in the light breeze, and the sound of lapping waves is the only sound that breaks the silence on the small island. A bee flies by in the distance. Its buzzing wings sound far away, like a low hum that is barely audible, but suddenly the sound grows louder.Immediately, the

  • Royal Netherlands Air Force visits 2nd SOS, studies MQ-9 operations

    Members of the Royal Netherlands Air Force and Netherlands Special Operations Command visited the 2nd Special Operations Squadron here to learn about operating an MQ-9 squadron on Nov. 19, 2019.“Partnership building with allies and developing a common understanding” of the MQ-9 mission is an

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