The 214th Attack Squadron (214 ATKS) is a unit of the Arizona Air National Guard's

214th Attack Group The 214th Attack Group is a unit of the Arizona Air National Guard's 162d Fighter Wing (162 FW), stationed at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, with an additional operating location at Libby Army Airfield at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. If act ...

located at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona and is operationally-gained by the

Air Combat Command Air Combat Command (ACC) is one of nine Major Commands (MAJCOMs) in the United States Air Force, reporting to Headquarters, United States Air Force (HAF) at the Pentagon. It is the primary provider of air combat forces for the Air Force, and i ...

(ACC). The 214th is equipped with the

General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper (sometimes called Predator B) is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of remotely controlled or autonomous flight operations developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) primarily for the Unit ...

Operations

Currently, the unit flies over Afghanistan on a continual basis flying 20 hours per day, seven days per week. Predator operations provide troops on the ground with both daylight and infrared video of selected targets. In addition, the aircraft is equipped with two laser-guided AGM-114 Hellfire missiles.Arizona activates ANG Predator unit at D-M
Arizona Air National Guard Predator operations will first fill worldwide theater requirements, but will also likely evolve into providing direct defense for the homeland in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Northern Command. A permanent facility located at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base was completed 2009.

Specifics

* Lineage: Designated 214th Reconnaissance Squadron, and allotted to Arizona ANG, 2007 : Extended federal recognition and activated, 29 August 2007 * Assignment:

, * Station: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona

References

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20080518204116/http://www.dm.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123069605 {{US Air Force navbox

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Squadrons of the United States Air National Guard Military units and formations in Arizona