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First flight for unmanned MQ-9 Reaper.

April 20, 2022

First flight for unmanned MQ-9 Reaper.
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WILLEMSTAD:--- On the 20th of April, the Royal Netherlands Air Force successfully carried out its first MQ-9 Reaper flight from Hato airfield, Curaçao. The MQ-9 Reaper is a remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS) operated by pilots from a cockpit on the ground. It was the first time that a Dutch MQ-9 flew a training flight.

The Royal Netherlands Air Force will be training and conducting exercises in order to become familiarised with the new aircraft for airborne information gathering. The MQ-9 Reaper is deployed by the Commander of the Netherlands’ Forces in the Caribbean and will eventually become available to ...

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