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AFMAN 11-2MQ-9V3 — MQ-9 Operations Procedures

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BranchU.S. Air Force
SeriesAFMAN
Publication date2023-01-12 (3.6 years ago)
StatusCurrent
Proponent / OPRAF/A3
Source of recordAF e-Publishing

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What changed in this edition

This document has been substantially revised and needs to be completely reviewed. Major changes include: multiple administrative changes (AFI to AFMAN, etc), added au tomatic takeoff and landing considerations throughout (paragraphs 1.4, 2.1.3, 3.6.2, 3.8.1, 3.8.2, 3.8.3, 3.9.2, 3.10, 4.2), added divert considerations throughout, updated right/left seat considerations, updated departure brief considerations, updated minimum speeds for simulated flame-out, low-altitude, and air-to-air; updated weather guidance throughout paragraph 4.2, updated guidance for unexpended ordnance, incorporated guidance from current thunderstorm waiver, revised language on simulated attacks with live/inert ordnance, addition of laser training mode operations, Chapter 8 guidance for frequency deconfliction, unexpended ordnance, and divert planning; updated currency requirements (Table 4.1) and sortie/mission/events definitions (Attachment 1), re-inserted Attachment 2 from archived AFI 11-2MQ-1/9 Volume 3, updated Extended Range (ER) guidance (Attachment 3), added automatic takeoff and landing programmatic guidance (Attachment 6), and updated T-coding throughout the document

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1.42.1.33.6.23.8.13.8.23.8.33.9.23.104.24.1

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