An Early Look at the New Air Force Counter-Drone Units

An Early Look at the New Air Force Counter-Drone Units

The Air Force has stood up the first rapidly deployable units of Airmen designed to protect air bases in the Pacific or other potential hotspots from aerial attack. These point defense flights are typically made up of roughly 20 enlisted Airmen with aviation and battle management backgrounds and could protect permanent installations in the United States, but they are specially trained to defend remote airfields, such as those set up for agile c…