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This everyday piece of hardware crashed an $11 million drone

A loose washer made the Reaper's ground control station send out erroneous commands while on a mission.
By Sep 30, 2020
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Air Force patch depicting MQ-9 Reaper drone over China stirs anger in Beijing

There may be no patching things up for the United States and China after the latest dust-up between the two...
By Jun 12, 2020
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Lawmakers are once again fighting to save the A-10 Warthog from retirement

The Senate Armed Services Committee isn't keen on the U.S. Air Force's plans to retire legacy aircraft in favor of...
By May 27, 2020
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MQ-9 Reaper crew awarded Air Force Achievement Medals for quick response to RPG attack on C-130

"If we weren't there for the C-130 drop, the bad guys could have gotten away, and that's the worst scenario...
By May 8, 2020
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‘That place is a dumpster fire’ — Inside the Air Force’s dilapidated Reaper school, which won’t be fixed anytime soon

"They have a massive workload in a condemned building and instruction quality suffers because they are exhausted.”
By May 8, 2020
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MQ-9 Reaper operations at Holloman Air Force Base

Combat rescue officers, from the 351st Specials Warfare Training Squadron, visited Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., to train with MQ-9...
By Apr 17, 2020
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A Marine crew just rocked an MQ-9 Reaper drone downrange for the first time

Have no fear: the Reaper is here
By Apr 8, 2020
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The militants fired an RPG at a C-130. They didn’t expect the MQ-9 Reaper to respond

A group of militants recently took a shot at an Air Force C-130 Hercules — and got their asses handed...
By Feb 13, 2020
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The Pentagon is sacrificing F-35s and other weapons systems to find $3.8 billion to fund the border wall

The Navy is sacrificing two F-35Bs, two V-22s, and one P-8A Poseidon to pay for the border wall. The Air...
By Jan 7, 2020
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Inside the drone strike that killed Qasem Soleimani

Even before Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani got off a commercial airliner in Baghdad last week, his fate was already...
By Aug 21, 2019
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US military drone shot down over Yemen

A U.S. military MQ-9 drone was shot down in Yemen's Dhamar governate, southeast of the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa, two U.S....
By Jul 11, 2018
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Hackers Stole A Reaper Drone Manual From An Air Force Captain And Tried To Sell It For $150

A South America-based hacking crew stole an export-controlled U.S. Air Force manual for the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle and...
By May 16, 2018
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Video Shows US Drones Blasting Attacking Taliban Fighters

As the Taliban surges in its spring offensive, it is facing relentless strikes by hovering MQ-9 Reaper drones. This newly...
By Oct 2, 2017
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Video Appears To Show US MQ-9 Reaper Drone Shot Down Over Yemen

A U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone aircraft was shot down over the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Oct. 2, U.S. officials...
By Sep 20, 2017
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The Air Force Is Sending More Fighter Jets And Tankers To Afghanistan

Editor’s Note: This article by Oriana Pawlyk originally appeared on Military.com, the premier source of information for the military and veteran community....
By May 9, 2017
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The Air Force’s MQ-9 Reaper Drone Just Got A Whole Lot Deadlier

The MQ-9 Reaper drone is already the deadliest UAV in the U.S. Air Force’s arsenal. Designed with a payload capacity...