Ugandans Train on Raven UAVs

Army News Service|by Skip Vaughn REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — Uganda air force Pvt. Ronald Mudhasi locked his arm as instructed and flung the small remote-controlled airplane into the overcast sky. The Raven flew majestically above Test Area 3 but Mudhasi’s work wasn’t finished. He joined his countrymen and their instructors under a nearby canopy to help control the unmanned aircraft system’s flight. Eight members of the Uganda air force received training on the Raven Dec. 12-23. The Uganda defense forces purchased four of the systems in July for $3 million, according to logistics management specialist Cindy Vanburg of AMCOM’s Security Assistance Management Directorate The Uganda servicemembers, in two groups of four, received instruction on their country’s new systems, which would be delivered in January after the training. The instructors were from Rally Point Management, out of Fort Walton Beach, Fla. “I like it,” Mudhasi said of the Raven. “It’s interesting, very interesting.” “It’s good,” Capt. Patrick Kubayo said. “It’s a good … support of our operations in Somalia. Very necessary. The instructors they’re professional. They know what they’re doing. They help us a lot.” Said Lance Cpl. Rowland Jimmy Odoch, “It is good. It will help us in our service […]
Ugandans Train on Raven UAVs