Second Unmanned Predator Aircraft in Three Days Crashes in Iraq
For the second time in three days, an unmanned Predator spy plane has crashed in Iraq, officials said. A military statement from Baghdad said the remotely piloted MQ-1 Predator crashed at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Rawah, northwest of Ramadi, about 60 miles east of the Syrian border. On Sunday, an MQ-1 Predator crashed near Balad, about 40 miles north of Baghdad. The cause of the crashes was not immediately determined...
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Second Unmanned Predator Aircraft in Three Days Crashes in Iraq
Iraqwar.ru
March 31, 2005
MQ-1 PREDATOR CRASHES IN IRAQ
COMBINED AIR OPERATIONS CENTER, Southwest Asia – An Air Force MQ-1 Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle crashed in Rawah, Iraq, at approximately 7:00 p.m. March 30.
The aircraft was assigned to the 15th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron at Nellis AFB, Nevada. It was in the Central Command area of operations supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
A board of officers will investigate the accident.
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRele
ase=20050332.txt
Second unmanned Predator aircraft in three days crashes in Iraq
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAS VEGAS (AP) - For the second time in three days, an unmanned Predator spy plane has crashed in Iraq, officials said.
A military statement from Baghdad said the remotely piloted MQ-1 Predator crashed at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Rawah, northwest of Ramadi, about 60 miles east of the Syrian border.
On Sunday, an MQ-1 Predator crashed near Balad, about 40 miles north of Baghdad.
The cause of the crashes was not immediately determined. The military said boards of officers will investigate.
Both planes were assigned to the 15th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, near Las Vegas.
MQ-1s are equipped with video and infrared cameras and armed with laser-guided Hellfire missiles. They cost up to $3.8 million each.
A Nellis auxiliary airfield at Indian Springs, 45 miles northwest of Las Vegas, is home to the nation's three Predator squadrons and the newly created Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Center for Excellence.
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