USAF accepts its final Predator remotely piloted aircraft, tail No. 268. The General Atomics Aeronautical Systems medium-altitude RPA, originally dubbed RQ-1, progressed from first flight in July 1994 as an intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance-only asset to an MQ-1 version armed with Hellfire missiles. The Air Force continues to buy its successor, the larger, more-capable MQ-9 Reaper.
The White House is nominating Maj. Gen. Mark B. Pye to pin on a third star and serve as the deputy to Gen. Dale R. White, the new czar in charge of the Air Force’s biggest acquisition programs, including the F-47 fighter and B-21 bomber. Army Maj. Gen. Brian W. Gibson has also been nominated for a third…
