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Air Force

U.S. Central Command Looks to Bolster ISR Coverage

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, December 7th, 2021

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U.S. Central Command Looks to Bolster ISR Coverage

An MQ-9 Reaper taxis at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, on Aug. 20 (U.S. Air Force Image)

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) is looking to strengthen its intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities beyond those afforded by current space assets and the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper. "The fact of the matter for U.S. CENTCOM is there's really nothing else that has the collection capabilities and the unique combination of collection capabilities that the MQ-9 has right now," U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Alexus "Grynch" Grynkewich, CENTCOM's dirctor of operations, told an Air Force Association Air and Space Warfighters…

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