214th Attack Squadron

214th Attack Squadron
A MQ-9 Reaper
Active2007–present
Country United States
Allegiance Arizona
Branch  Air National Guard
TypeSquadron
RoleUAV Attack
Part ofArizona Air National Guard
Garrison/HQDavis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona.
Insignia
214th Attack Squadron emblem
Aircraft flown
ReconnaissanceMQ-9 Reaper

The 214th Attack Squadron (214 ATKS) is a unit of the Arizona Air National Guard's 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.[1]

Operations

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.[2]

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

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  1. ^ "214th Attack Group". US Air Force. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  2. ^ Arizona activates ANG Predator unit at D-M Archived 18 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine