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Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat Demonstrates Expeditionary Capabilities in Valiant Shield 2026
The Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat has successfully completed multiple operational sorties during an 11-day deployment at Valiant Shield 2026. The activity tested how the uncrewed aircraft could deploy and operate from an austere Pacific location.
The U.S. Air Force's Experimental Operations Unit integrated the MQ-28 at Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands from June 21 to July 1. The 21st Air Expeditionary Wing supplied the infrastructure and sustainment needed for flight operations.
The deployment placed the Ghost Bat within a large-force exercise under operationally relevant conditions, examining the power, fuel, communications, and security requirements needed to support the aircraft away from a permanent base.