Air Force’s MQ-9 Reapers are now conducting missions from Romania
Diana Stancy Correll
The Air Force conducted MQ-9 Reaper missions from Romania for the first time this month, after basing a squadron of the drones there in January.
The 25th Attack Group, which falls under the command of the 432nd Air Expeditionary Wing, has in recent years focused on counterterrorism operations in U.S. Central Command’s area of operations.
But the renewed focus on great power competition and near-peer adversaries like Russia has required the unit to establish capabilities in EUCOM’s area of operations while also remaining active in CENTCOM’s area of operations, the Air Force said.
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