The 214th Attack Squadron (214 ATKS) is a unit of the
Arizona Air National Guard
The Arizona Air National Guard (AZ ANG) is the aerial militia of the state of Arizona, United States of America. It is, along with the Arizona Army National Guard, an element of the Arizona National Guard.
As state militia units, the units in the ...
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214th Attack Group located at
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona and is operationally-gained by the
Air Combat Command (ACC). The 214th is equipped with the
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper.
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: 214th Attack Group,
* 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
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Squadrons of the United States Air National Guard
Military units and formations in Arizona