gazette | Air Force Global Strike Command, which is based in Louisiana, has
confirmed that it conducts counterdrone exercises out of F.E. Warren Air
Force Base in Cheyenne, where it is based.
The command oversees
underground Minuteman silos spread across northeastern Colorado,
southeastern Wyoming and western Nebraska, the area where the drones
have been spotted nightly the past two weeks.
The Air Force isn’t claiming ownership of the drones, but neither is it denying it.
F.E.
Warren didn’t respond to an emailed question Friday on whether its
counterdrone effort had anything to do with the recent sightings.
A Federal Aviation Administration map of the region where the drones
have been spotted — Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick and Yuma counties — is
pocked with red dots of where drones are forbidden, restricted airspace
presumably above missile silos.
The Air Force counterdrone program
at Warren, which includes extensive testing of civilian drones, relies
on innovative technology including Dedrone, a system developed in Europe
that detects and tracks small civilian drones using the radio signals
they require for control.
