U.S. deploys Gray Eagle to Philippines

The U.S. Embassy in Manila announced on Sept. 11 that the MQ-1C Gray Eagle has been deployed to Mindanao “in support of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) counterterrorism efforts.”

MQ-1C Warrior
By US Army [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The embassy said the Gray Eagle’s endurance would allow “a larger area of reconnaissance and surveillance.”