March Air Reserve Base 163 ATKW MQ-9 Reaper

March Air Reserve Base 163 ATKW MQ-9 Reaper poster art.

163d Attack Wing (163 ATKW), also known as the “Grizzlies”, is a unit of the California Air National Guard, stationed at March Joint Air Reserve Base, Riverside, California. If it were activated into federal service, elements of the Wing would be gained by the United States Air Force Air Combat Command and Air Education and Training Command. The 163 ATKW is one of the first Air National Guard units to fly the MQ-1 Predator. On 1 July 2015 the 163d Reconnaissance Wing became the 163d Attack Wing, and switched from the MQ-1 Predator to the MQ-9 Reaper.

March Air Reserve Base (March ARB), previously known as March Air Force Base (March AFB) is located in Riverside County, California between the cities of Riverside and Moreno Valley. It is the home to the Air Force Reserve Command’s 4th Air Force (4 AF) Headquarters and the host 452d Air Mobility Wing (452 AMW), the largest air mobility wing of the 4th Air Force. 

The MQ-9 Reaper (sometimes called Predator B) is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of remotely controlled or autonomous flight operations, developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) primarily for the United States Air Force.