US EditionRAF Retires MQ-9A Reaper After 18 Years of Service
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The Royal Air Force (RAF) carried out the last operating flight of the remotely piloted air system (RPAS) MQ-9 Reaper. This concluded an 18-year service, which began on the skies of Afghanistan continued on the sky of the Middle East under Operation Shader, aimed at countering Daesh (Islamic State) in Iraq and Syria....
RAF retires MQ-9A Reaper after 18 years of service
The Royal Air Force (RAF) has officially retired its MQ-9A Reaper remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS), marking the end of 18 years of operational service that began in 2007. The MQ-9A Reaper entered RAF service in October 2007, under an urgent operational requirement to support British troops in Afghanistan. Operated by XIII Squadron from RAF Waddington, the aircraft accumulated more than 173,000 flight hours during its career. Throughout …
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