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  2. 451st Air Expeditionary Group - Wikipedia

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    The 451st Air Expeditionary Group was activated in 2002, conducting operations from Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. The group was responsible for air control of the southern region of Afghanistan, launch and recovery operations for the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper aircraft, the employment of combat search and rescue forces throughout the ...

  3. General Atomics MQ-1 Predator - Wikipedia

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    Predator operators at Balad Camp Anaconda, Iraq, August 2007. Each Predator air vehicle can be disassembled into six modules and loaded into a container. This enables all system components and support equipment to be rapidly deployed worldwide. The largest component is the ground control station (GCS) which is designed to roll into a C-130 ...

  4. 2002 in aviation - Wikipedia

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    The MiG-25 and Predator fire missiles at one other; the MiG-25 is out of range of the Predator ' s Stingers, but it shoots down the Predator. [17] An Antonov An-140 operated by Aeromist-Kharkiv crashes near Ardestan, Iran, while on descent to Isfahan International Airport at Isfahan, Iran, killing all 44 people on board.

  5. Operation Southern Focus - Wikipedia

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    The first combat use of the U.S. Navy ' s new F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter-bomber occurred in November 2002 during Operation Southern Focus, when aircraft from Strike Fighter Squadron 115 (VFA-115) flying from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) struck surface-to-air missile sites and command and control targets near Al Kut. [5]

  6. Battle of Takur Ghar - Wikipedia

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    Due to time constraints, a helicopter insertion would be needed for the team to reach the peak before dawn. The AFO suggested insertion at a point 1,400 meters (4,600 feet) east of the peak, but due to a delayed B-52 bomber sortie in the area, the team was told to turn back and land at the airstrip near Gardez.

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  8. FGM-172 SRAW - Wikipedia

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    In February 2002, the Marine Corps signed a contract with Lockheed Martin for the low-rate initial production (LRIP) of 330 Predator systems, with a second LRIP contract for 400 systems signed in January 2003. In October 2003, the Marine Corps announced a decision to cancel further procurement of the system following completion of low-rate ...

  9. 32nd Wing (Italy) - Wikipedia

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    On 1 March 2002, the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Squadron was established under the 32nd Wing, with Predator-A UAVs. On 1 February 2005 the Squadron was renamed as 28th Squadron "Le Streghe", after the 3rd Wing in Villafranca was disestablished.