For nearly two decades, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) has flown its MQ-9 Reaper drone in and out of traditional runways at bases worldwide. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), based on the earlier Predator ...
During end-of-year exercises dubbed Reaper Castillo, units from the USAF tested the ability of the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 Reaper to take-off from and land on a dirt runway in ...
Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Air Force currently operates more than 100 MQ-9 Reaper drones and has, in recent years, begun configuring the platform with additional fuel tanks to ...