U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command Buys Three MQ-9Bs

Brian Everstine March 07, 2023

MQ-9B SkyGuardian

Credit: General Atomics
AURORA, Colorado—The U.S. Air Force will buy three new General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft (RPA), which will not be used operationally but instead will help develop new tactics for using the airframe. GA-ASI announced the contract March 6 with Air Force...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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