Official USAF 17th Attack Squadron Bulls Tab Patch — Remotely Piloted, Lethally Effective The Bulls don't sit in the cockpit. They sit in a ground control station thousands of miles away. The enemy doesn't know the difference. The 17th Attack Squadron (17 ATKS) — the 'Bulls' — is a United States Air Force remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) squadron operating the MQ-9 Reaper out of Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, under the 432nd Wing. The 17th Attack Squadron is one of the Air Force's premier MQ-9 Reaper units, conducting intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and strike operations in support of combatant commanders worldwide. The MQ-9 Reaper is a hunter-killer unmanned aircraft system capable of carrying AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bombs, GBU-38 JDAMs, and the GBU-49 Enhanced Paveway II, providing persistent armed overwatch and precision strike capability for ground forces in contact. The 17th Attack Squadron traces its lineage through multiple designations and missions in Air Force history, and today its pilots and sensor operators fly combat missions from ground control stations at Creech AFB while their aircraft orbit over battlefields in the Middle East, Africa, and other theaters. The RPA community has fundamentally changed modern warfare — providing persistent surveillance that manned aircraft cannot sustain and delivering precision strikes with minimal risk to friendly forces. The 'Bulls' tab patch is a mark of identity within the squadron, worn to represent service with one of the Air Force's most operationally active attack squadrons. Perfect For: 17th Attack Squadron Bulls airmen past and present, MQ-9 Reaper pilots and sensor operators, 432nd Wing and Creech AFB personnel, RPA community members, and anyone who serves in the remotely piloted aircraft enterprise.
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