Turkey is expecting the delivery of Predators in June 2012, the Turkish defense minister said a day after the country’s prime minister announced that Turkey has agreed with the US on a deal involving the transfer of US-engineered unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that could prove crucial in combating terrorism. “We have agreed in principle ....
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force accepted MQ-1 Predator tail number 268, the final MQ-1 manufactured for the service, in a ceremony March 3. Col. James Beissner, the chief of Air Combat Command’s Irregular Warfare Division, accepted the aircraft on behalf of the Air Force. “This event marks a milestone in Air Force history given the path this...
AFP reporting a Predator down via Emirates 24/7 Published Tuesday, February 08, 2011 A suspected US spy drone crashed near the south Yemen town of Loder on Tuesday, a police official said, as witnesses said Al-Qaeda forces made off with the plane’s wreckage. The drone crashed in Jahayn village near Loder, in Yemen’s Abyan province where Al-Qaeda has a...
US unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufacturer General Atomics has prescribed South African lubricant oil for the MQ1 Predator and MQ9 Reaper (pictured). Torco says it did not at first know that it SR-5 lubricant was being exclusively used in the UAVs engines. Torco Managing Director Frank Barlow says the lubricant has been used in all Reaper and Predator UAV...
Officials with the Holloman 49th Wing continue today their investigation of an unmanned MQ-1 Predator crash on landing around 1:20 p.m. Friday 22nd October 2010. This is the second crash of an unmanned MQ-1 Predator at Holloman. Holloman public affairs spokesperson Arlan Ponder said the Predator went off the runway on landing. “It went off of the side of...
Two Civil Air Patrol (CAP) aircraft have been fitted with a similar sensor turret as used by Predator aircraft. These Cessna aircraft will be used during exercises to train operators on the ground. Freeing up sparse real air frame time for more important duties. Manned aircraft now standing in for unmanned! Bookmark It Hide Sites
