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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Air Force accepts delivery of last Predator

MQ-1 PredatorThe U.S. Air Force accepted MQ-1 Predator tail number 268, the last manufactured for the service, in a ceremony Mar. 3 at General Atomics’ Gray Butte Aeronautical Systems' Flight Ops Facility.

Col. James Beissner, Air Combat Command’s Chief Irregular Warfare Division, accepted the aircraft on behalf of the Air Force in front of a crowd of more than 800.

“This event marks a milestone in Air Force history given the path this Aircraft took from conception to operational excellence,” said Col. Christopher Coombs, Aeronautical Systems Center’s Chief of Medium Altitude UAS Division. “The Predator is a great example of the Air Force’s response to an immediate Warfighter need.”

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