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201117-F-CF572-1015

An MQ-9 Reaper sits along the flight line during sunset at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, Nov. 17, 2020. The MQ-9 Reaper can perform the following missions and tasks: intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, close air support, combat search and rescue, precision strike, buddy-lase convoy/raid overwatch, target development and terminal air guidance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Robert Brooks)

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Maintaining the Reaper

Senior Airman Gabriel Peralta, 29th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron avionics specialist, conducts pre-flight checks on an MQ-9 Reaper during exercise Rim of the Pacific 2022 at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, July 26, 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel participated in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Antonio Salfran)

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Reaper on the runway

An MQ-9 Reaper sits on the runway during sunset at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., Nov. 17, 2020. Using satellite communication links, the MQ-9 can acquire and pass real-time imagery data to ground users around the clock and beyond line of sight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Lauren Silverthorne)

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MQ-9 Reaper touch-and-go

An MQ-9 Reaper assigned to the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing, takes off from the flightline at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., Sept. 1, 2021. The wing hosts the global Remotely Piloted Aircraft enterprise and operates 24/7/365. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Emerson Nuñez)

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Creech and Nellis Airmen coordinated a training flight together on the Nevada Test and Training Range

Creech and Nellis Airmen coordinated a training flight together on the Nevada Test and Training Range, July 15, 2019. Aircrew with the 66th Rescue Squadron trained on the range and integrated with the MQ-9 Reaper aircrew to document the Reaper in flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Haley Stevens)

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An MQ-9 Reaper flies a training mission over the Nevada Test and Training Range

An MQ-9 Reaper flies a training mission over the Nevada Test and Training Range, July 15, 2019. MQ-9 aircrew provide dominant, persistent attack and reconnaissance for comabtant commanders and coalition partners across the globe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class William Rio Rosado)

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An MQ-9 Reaper flies a training mission over the Nevada Test and Training Range

An MQ-9 Reaper flies a training mission over the Nevada Test and Training Range, July 15, 2019. MQ-9 aircrew provide dominant, persistent attack and reconnaissance for comabtant commanders and coalition partners across the globe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class William Rio Rosado)

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An MQ-1B Predator remotely piloted aircraft passes over the air field during a training mission

An MQ-1B Predator remotely piloted aircraft passes over the air field during a training mission, May 13, 2013. Predators can perform the following missions and tasks: intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, close air support, combat search and rescue, precision strike, buddy-lase, convoy/raid overwatch, route clearance, target development, and terminal air guidance. Its capabilities make it uniquely qualified to conduct irregular warfare operations in support of combatant commander objectives. (U.S. Air Force photo by 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing/Released)

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An MQ-1B Predator remotely piloted aircraft comes in for a 'touch-and-go' during a training mission

An MQ-1B Predator remotely piloted aircraft comes in for a 'touch-and-go' during a training mission, May 13, 2013. The MQ-1B Predator is an armed, multi-mission, medium-altitude, long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft that is employed primarily as an intelligence-collection asset and secondarily for munitions capability to support ground troops and base defense. (U.S. Air Force photo by 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing/Released)

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MQ-9 Reaper touch-and-go

An MQ-9 Reaper assigned to the 432nd Air Expeditionary Wing takes off from the flightline at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., Sept. 1, 2021. The wing hosts the global Remotely Piloted Aircraft enterprise and operates 24/7/365. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Emerson Nuñez)

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A desert sunset over Creech AFB

An MQ-9 Reaper sits on the runway during sunset at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., Nov. 17, 2020. Using satellite communication links, the MQ-9 can acquire and pass real-time imagery data to ground users around the clock and beyond line of sight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Lauren Silverthorne)

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A desert sunset over Creech AFB

An MQ-9 Reaper sits on the runway during sunset at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., Nov. 17, 2020. Using satellite communication links, the MQ-9 can acquire and pass real-time imagery data to ground users around the clock and beyond line of sight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Lauren Silverthorne)

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MQ-9 Reaper new weapons test

A MQ-9 Reaper, assigned to the 556th Test and Evaluation Squadron, armed with an AIM-9X missile sits on the flightline, Sept. 3, 2020, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. The MQ-9 successfully employed a live air-to-air test of an AIM-9X Block 2 missile against a target BQM-167 drone simulating a cruise missile. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Haley Stevens)

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190715-F-UA265-0831

An MQ-9 Reaper, piloted from the ground by Maj. Stevo, MQ-9 instructor pilot, flies over the Nevada Test and Training Range, July 15, 2019. Remotely piloted aircraft Airmen are responsible for providing dominant, persistent attack capabilities for the U.S. and its allies around the globe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Haley Stevens)

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190715-F-UA265-0831

An MQ-9 Reaper, piloted from the ground by Maj. Stevo, MQ-9 instructor pilot, flies over the Nevada Test and Training Range, July 15, 2019. Remotely piloted aircraft Airmen are responsible for providing dominant, persistent attack capabilities for the U.S. and its allies across the globe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Haley Stevens)

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190724-Z-EU280-1240

An MQ-9 Reaper assigned to the 214th Attack Group, Arizona Air National Guard, flies over Alpena, Mich., July 24, 2019 during a training sortie during exercise Northern Strike 19 at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center. Exercise Northern Strike 19 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting service members from more than 20 states, multiple service branches and numerous coalition countries during the last two weeks of July 2019. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Lealan Buehrer)

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MQ-9 Reaper

The sun rises over an MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., Dec. 16, 2016. The 49th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron supports the 6th Reconnaissance Squadron as well as the 9th and 29th Attack Squadrons, enabling the graduation of pilots and sensor operators in support of the Air Force's largest formal training unit. Additionally, Airmen with the 49th AMS continuously deploy in support of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance requirements. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)

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First group of enlisted Airmen complete RPA training program

Tech. Sgt. Mike, Master Sgt. Alex and Master Sgt. Mike stand next to a T-6A Texan II parked on the flightline at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, May 4, 2017. They completed undergraduate remotely piloted aircraft training May 5 and are the first Air Force enlisted Airmen to train as pilots since World War II. Master Sgt. Mike was a distinguished graduate in the URT class of 20 including 17 commissioned officers. (U.S. Air Force illustration/Tech. Sgt. Ave I. Young)

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Capt. Jonathan, a 432nd Wing pilot, left, and Staff Sgt. Matthew, a 432nd WG sensor operator, fly a training mission Oct. 13, 2015, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christian Clausen)

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RPAs provide crucial CAP capabilities

Capt. Jonathan, 432nd Wing pilot, left, and Staff Sgt. Matthew, 432nd WG sensor operator, right, fly a training mission Oct. 13, 2015, at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada. The 432nd Wing conducted 189 weapon strikes in July of 2015 and 249 in August, setting a record for the number of strikes in a month in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christian Clausen/released)

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