American MQ-9s are now deployed in Campia Turzii Air Base, Romania

U.S. European Command has announced that MQ-9s and approximately 90 Airmen have been deployed in Campia Turzii Air Base, Romania.

An MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle comes in for a landing at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Nov. 20. Reapers are remotely piloted and can linger over battlefields, providing persistent strike capabilities to ground force commanders. This Reaper is deployed to the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance and Attack Squadron from Creech Air Force Base, Nev.

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F-22, F-35 and XQ-58A flew together for the first time

During a series of tests over the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground on Dec. 9, the Pentagon was able to demonstrate the effectiveness of its gatewayONE payload to let fifth generation fighters communicate with each other via their datalinks for the first time.


U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Cason
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