Monday, May 14, 2007

Cool Military Equipment

The AF has formed its first UAV wing. The 432 Wing is composed of 6 Predator Squadrons and 1 Maintenance. The really cool thing is that not only the original predator is being fielded, but also the new Predator B, aka the "Reaper." The Reaper is differnet from the original in that it wasn't designed as a recon UAV but instead it was designed directly for combat. I love this in that the new UAVs are being designed and fielded at a fairly rapid pace compared to how long it takes other services to come up with newer technology, such as the redesign for the HMMWV (though putting the Couger, Badger, and other IED ressistant vehicles into theater is pretty impressive).

Two week break

Since Sara has been at SERE school, i decided that I wasn't going to blog for then since as far as I know she is one of the only people that bothers to ready my blog. Anyway, now that she is just about done with it, I think i'll start writing some stuff so check back regularly, whoever you are, for the updates.