UK Royal Air Force Re-forms First Protector UAS Unit

Tony Osborne October 11, 2023

Credit: Royal Air Force
LONDON–The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has re-formed a squadron to fly the General Atomics Protector uncrewed aircraft system (UAS). No. 31 Sqdn., which previously flew the Panavia Tornado, re-formed at RAF Waddington, England, on Oct. 11 to become the first front-line unit to fly the Protector. The...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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