Story by Senior Airman James Thompson | 432nd Wing | 08.30.2018
CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. – A once quiet landscape turned battlefield, the clash of gunfire and shouts ripped through the Shahi-Kot Valley in the early hours of March 4, 2002. As part of an early war effort that targeted al Qaeda and Taliban forces in Afghanistan, the Battle of Roberts Ridge is still known as one of the deadliest engagements during Operation Anaconda. Story was......
Story by Airman 1st Class James Thompson | 432nd Wing | 02.14.2018
CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. , Feb. 14, 2018 — The MQ-1 Predator is a Remotely Piloted Aircraft flown by aircrew assigned to the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing at Creech and units around the world. It has contributed to the U.S. warfighting efforts in unprecedented ways and is scheduled to sunset on March 9, 2018 as the Air Force transitions to an all MQ-9 Reaper force. With the......
Story by Senior Airman Christian Clausen | 432nd Wing | 05.09.2017
The 15th Attack Squadron patch depicting a pigeon clutching a telescope, harkens to the squadron’s long history of reconnaissance missions....
Story by Senior Airman Christian Clausen | 432nd Wing | 12.15.2016
CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. – In the 1980s, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency added modern day technology to the decades old idea of using remotely piloted aircraft for reconnaissance purposes. Little did DARPA or the Air Force know how impactful this development would be....
Story by Senior Airman Christian Clausen | 432nd Wing | 12.15.2016
CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. – Like many aircrew members before Airman 1st Class Matthew, the feelings experienced during combat missions can be intense. For the 20-year-old 15th Attack Squadron MQ-1 Predator sensor operator, his first air strike was an event he will never forget....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Nadine Barclay | 432nd Wing | 06.23.2016
In war and thinking about moves and countermoves, “the supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting,” said Sun Tzu as written in ‘The Art of War.’...
Story by Tech. Sgt. Nadine Barclay | 432nd Wing | 06.22.2016
As U.S. Central Command approaches the two year anniversary of supporting Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), the Airmen of the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing reflect on their contributions using the remotely piloted MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL....
Story by Airman 1st Class Kristan Campbell | 432nd Wing | 01.11.2016
As we enter 2016, the demand for remotely piloted aircraft in conflict areas around the world continues to rise, and with it, the misconceptions about this unique capability are on the rise....
