The 432nd Operations Group is an active flying component of the United States Air Force's 432nd Wing, stationed at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada.
An MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper of the 432nd Wing at Creech AFB in 2014
Creech Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) command and control facility in Clark County, Nevada used "to engage in daily Overseas Contingency Operations …of remotely piloted aircraft systems which fly missions across the globe." In addition to an airport, the military installation has the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Battlelab, associated aerial warfare ground equipment, and unmanned aerial vehicles of the type used in Afghanistan and Iraq. Creech is the aerial training site for the USAF Thunderbirds and "is one of two emergency divert airfields" for the Nevada Test and Training Range.
A MQ-9 Reaper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle taxis at Creech Air Force Base during 2007.
General Wilbur L. Creech, namesake of the base, commander of Tactical Air Command from 1978 to 1984
An MQ-9 taxies on a Creech AFB runway
An instructor from the 99th GCTS overseeing 'HMMWV Egress Assistance Training' (HEAT) at Silver Flag Alpha RTC