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PACAF Commander: CCA May Leverage MQ-28 Ghost Bat

Frank Wolfe

Monday, March 20th, 2023

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PACAF Commander: CCA May Leverage MQ-28 Ghost Bat

The U.S. Air Force's planned Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) may leverage the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) use of Boeing‘s [BA] MQ-28 Ghost Bat, Air Force Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, the commander of Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), said on March 20. Boeing developed the Ghost Bat--a version of Boeing's Airpower Teaming System--for the RAAF under the Loyal Wingman project. "We really look forward to what they're doing with the MQ-28 Ghost Bat," Wilsbach told a Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies virtual…

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