MQ-1 crashed in Iraq while on a combat mission

A U.S. Air Force MQ-1 crashed while it was on a combat mission over Iraq on Jan. 8. An air strike was called in to destroy the wreckage to prevent the drone from falling into ISIL’s hands.

MQ-1 Lethal Presence
By U.S. Air Force photo by Lt Col Leslie Pratt [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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