How the US Air Force’s Biggest Drones Help Set Up Attacks on ISIS
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Joseph Trevithick
January 23, 2017 // 09:35 AM EST
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The US Air Force has sent some of its largest aircraft to battle the Islamic State, including B-52 bombers and RC-135V/W Rivet Joint spy planes. On top of that, the service has sent its biggest drones to help set up attacks on the terrorist group.
On January 12 at least one RQ-4 Global Hawk sat ready to go at Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates. Designed to fly at high altitudes taking photographs and monitoring enemy communications, the unmanned spies have a wing span comparable to the Boeing 737 airliner.
“Global Hawks have provided coalition partners with accurate intelligence necessary for precisely striking important Da’esh facilities and supply routes,” an official Air Force photo caption explained. “The multi-national coalition adheres to a very strict targeting process by systematically targeting legitimate military targets … with precision air strikes which yields precise results.”
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