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AFRL Looks to Conduct Experiment for New Airborne ISR to Bolster Coverage of Afghanistan

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, May 16th, 2023

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AFRL Looks to Conduct Experiment for New Airborne ISR to Bolster Coverage of Afghanistan

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper assigned to the 62nd Expeditionary Attack Squadron at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, prepares to taxi during Operation Agile Spartan 4 on March 10 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) may conduct an experiment by July to help bolster the coverage of Afghanistan, the Pentagon Inspector General said in a new report on Operation Enduring Sentinel, which began on Oct. 1, 2021 shortly after the U.S. withdrawal from that country and nearly 20 years after the start of U.S. combat operations there. "The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy [OUSD(P)] said that the DoD intends to eventually field a platform…

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