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The RQ-7B leaves its launcher. Production of Shadow aircraft shifted to a generally improved RQ-7B variant in the summer of 2004. The RQ-7B features new wings increased in length to 14 ft (4.3 m). The new wings are not only more aerodynamically efficient, they are "wet" to increase fuel storage up to 44 liters for an endurance of up to 6 hours. [6]
Complementary to the Tier III- aircraft. Role currently filled by the RQ-4 Global Hawk. Tier III-: High altitude, long endurance low-observable UAV. Same parameters as, and complementary to, the Tier II+ aircraft. The RQ-3 DarkStar was originally intended to fulfill this role before it was "terminated". [9] [10] Role now filled by RQ-170 Sentinel.
Its primary mission is to train soldiers in the operation and maintenance of the RQ-7B Shadow and MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft systems. 2–13th Aviation is a tenant unit of Fort Huachuca, but its parent unit is the 1st Aviation Brigade at Fort Novosel , Alabama , home of the United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence .
Aircraft specific NATOPS manual cover. These manuals are typically about 2 inches thick. These are manuals for specific aircraft models containing standardized ground and flight operating procedures, training requirements, aircraft limitations, and technical data necessary for safe and effective operation of the aircraft.
AETC also provides enlisted aircrew training for a wide variety of aircrew specialties including flight engineers, air-to-air refueling boom operators, loadmasters, aerial gunners, and airborne communications specialists as follows: Flight engineers, loadmasters, other aircrew (C-130, EC-130, LC-130, WC-130) – Little Rock AFB
Rockwell Collins (COL) secures contract to provide Airborne Computer Equipment V Architecture Zero equipment to Unmanned Aircraft System RQ-7B Shadow.
Since 2003 the U.S. Army has also used the RQ-7B Shadow unmanned aircraft, ... The tentative manual of 1934 became Fleet Training Publication 167 in 1938; ...
Deploying with the AAI RQ-2 Pioneer and ScanEagle yet again, the Night Owls executed a successful combat deployment and returned to MCAS Cherry Point later in 2007. In January 2008, VMU-2 transitioned from the RQ-2B Pioneer to the AAI RQ-7B Shadow. Transition training occurred at MCAS Cherry Point during their five-month dwell time.