In April 1996, the secretary of defense selected the U.S. Air Force as the operating service for the RQ-1 Predator system. The "R" is the Department of Defense designation for reconnaissance aircraft.

The undated video animation shows an image of a drone approaching what looks like a remote US military outpost. Wright-Patterson is also home to Air Force Materiel Command, which “conducts ...

The US Air Force's MQ-9 Reaper is a remotely operated unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV. It is used primarily for intelligence collection and precision strikes against targets on the ground.

Designed as a follow-up to the MQ-1 Predator ... Even as the U.S. Air Force seeks to develop more autonomous and capable drones, the MQ-9 has continued to be updated and enhanced.

A US Air Force civilian contractor was killed when she walked into a drone’s rotating propeller at a California airfield — ...

A relatively low-cost cruise missile that the U.S. Air Force is now developing could transform into an air-launched counter-drone weapon. The service previously disclosed that it is also eyeing an ...

Following a technical snag, the MQ-9B Sea Guardian drone manufactured by US-based General Atomics, was ditched at sea ...