Back To Back U.S. Drones Crashes in Turkey as Tensions Simmer Between the Two Countries
How the USAF responds to losing half its Predators at Incirlik could have operational and diplomatic impacts.
By Joseph TrevithickAugust 21, 2017
Two MQ-1B Predator drones flying from Incirlik Air Base in Turkey have crashed in three days, possibly cutting the total number of operational drones the U.S. Air Force has situated at the base in half. Combined with the pending retirement of the Predator across the service and tensions between the two countries over support for Kurdish groups in Syria, the accidents might have an immediate impact on operations, as well as feed into increasingly strained U.S.-Turkish relations.
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