MQ-9 hits maritime target for the first time

A MQ-9 Reaper has successfully hit a maritime target for the first time on Mar. 19. The test took place over the Gulf of Mexico during a joint service training exercise.

By U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson (USAF Photographic Archives (image permalink)) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The drone from 26th Weapons Squadron fired an AGM-114 Hellfire missile at the target.

The exercise was also the first time that the unit integrate with the F-35.

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