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Experimental Operations Unit
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The Air Force has tested prototypes of the General Atomics FQ-42A Vengeance and Anduril FQ-44 Fury.
The War Zone — Unmanned ↗The Air Force Experimental Operations Unit has flown and experimented with CCAs since being established at Creech Air Force Base in June 2025.
Air & Space Forces Magazine ↗The Experimental Operations Unit has conducted testing involving sortie generation, maintenance, weapons loading, logistics, command and control and autonomous mission capabilities.
The War Zone — Unmanned ↗
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General Atomics Shows FQ-42 Vengeance Flying With F-35A and F-15E
The U.S. Air Force is expanding crewed-uncrewed testing of the Vengeance and Anduril’s FQ-44 Fury as it prepares for larger exercises and a planned CCA fleet of at least 500 aircraft by 2032.

US Air Force Plans First Large-Force Exercise for Collaborative Combat Aircraft
Emerald Flag in December 2026 is intended to test how autonomous fighter drones integrate with crewed fourth- and fifth-generation aircraft.