Shadow tactical unmanned aircraft system
by Dylan Malyasov
21, December, 2017
Steel Knight is an annual exercise led by 1st Marine Division that combines air and ground assets to complete a wide range of military operations focusing on ground fires, maneuver warfare tactics, and command and control capabilities. said in announced on official U.S. Marine Corps website.
“The flight was our last of the evolution for Steel Knight and also our last Shadow flight in the Marine Corps,†said Capt. Shanna Ream, an operations officer for VMU-4, Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve. “We have been flying the Shadow for a very long time, it is a system that we employed to Iraq and Afghanistan. It has a lot of capabilities and it’s been in the fight for a long time.â€
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