(Senior Airman Haley Stevens/U.S. Air Force) Accepted in 2002 and promptly deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq, the armed Predator was designated the MQ-1 (multirole drone). On Dec. 23, 2002 ...

While the US Army has utilized drone technology since the 1930s, recent innovations mark a significant leap forward. The MQ-1 Predator drone, operational from 1995 until its retirement in 2018 ...

The MQ-1's capabilities make it uniquely qualified to conduct irregular warfare operations in support of combatant commander objectives. The Predator is part of a remotely piloted aircraft system.

Airmen have created the Air Force's first MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) Electronic Combat Officers (ECO) course. As MQ-1/9 aircraft require satellite signals to ...