The USAF Expands MQ-9 Reaper Drone Force in Afghanistan to Its Largest Size Ever
The air war over Afghanistan is rapidly heating up and a huge deployment of Reapers drones is the latest major development.
By Joseph TrevithickJanuary 26, 2018
The U.S. Air Force says its force of MQ-9 Reapers at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan is now the largest deployment of the type to a single base ever. The drones are part of a larger surge in the air war over the country, which could still include yet more unmanned aircraft in the near future as other services, such as the U.S. Navy, consider their own unmanned contributions.
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