556 TES

05/14/2023

https://www.53rdwing.af.mil/News/Article/3394752/53rd-wing-tests-angry-kitten-pod-on-mq-9-and-completes-full-integrated-combat-t/

The 556th Test and Evaluation Squadron completed the first round of MQ-9A Reaper ground and flight testing with the Angry Kitten ALQ-167 Electronic Countermeasures (ECM) Pod at Creech Air Force Base,

09/30/2022

The 556th Test and Evaluation Squadron, in partnership with the 432d Wing, conducted the first launch of an MQ-9 Reaper using the Portable Aircraft Control Station, or PACS, at Creech Air Force Base,

08/13/2022

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-reaper-drone-china/

The Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone showed it can help U.S. troops beat China during a recent training exercise over the Pacific.

08/09/2022

Proud of the team for this one! A true holistic squadron effort to pull this off, leveraging every member’s expertise with numerous critical saves along the way to ensure every planned test and assessment could happen to fundamentally drive change for the MQ-9.

Thank you to all those that helped and supported this across the MQ-9 community, military and private sector alike.

The MQ-9 Reaper proved its value to the Pacific theater during June's Valiant Shield, conducting ISR from Palau and Guam.

08/03/2022

The 556th Test and Evaluation Squadron recently validated the MQ-9 Reaper’s agility and proved mission relevance to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s Joint force through their participation in the

01/15/2022

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01/15/2022

On Dec. 30, 2021, the United Service Organizations (USO) at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., received help and support from members of the 556th Test and Evaluation