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On 10 and 16 September 2024, two American MQ-9A Reaper drones were shot down over Yemen by Houthi rebels, the latter in Dhamar province. Both losses were confirmed by the US military. [103] On 8 November 2024, the Houthis claimed to have downed an American MQ-9 Reaper in Yemen's al-Jawf province, an incident being investigated by the US military.
Since 2008, the U.S. Air Force's primary reconnaissance aircraft has been the MQ-9 Reaper.However, at a price of $30 million per aircraft, it has been shown to be costly if lost; [1] since 2017, five have been shot down by Houthi rebels in Yemen, including during the Red Sea crisis. [2]
Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1 (VMU-1) is an unmanned aerial vehicle squadron in the United States Marine Corps that operates the MQ-9A Reaper.They are based out of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona and provide reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition for the I Marine Expeditionary Force.
A Reaper drone has a 66-foot wingspan and can fly up to 50,000 feet in altitude, beyond the range of shoulder-fired Strela-2 missiles. The remotely piloted aircraft frequently carry Hellfire ...
Another U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone went down in Yemen, images purported to show Wednesday, as Yemen's Houthi rebels continued attacks on shipping around the Red Sea over the Israel-Hamas war. The ...
Yemen's Houthi rebels on Saturday claimed shooting down another of the U.S. military's MQ-9 Reaper drones, airing footage of parts that corresponded to known pieces of the unmanned aircraft. The ...
Houthi forces shoot down a United States Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone with a surface-to-air missile over Marib Governorate, Yemen. Wreckage of the downed drone appears on social media. Health and environment. A child in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, dies of measles, the province's first such death since 1989. International relations
Below is a description of the MQ-9 drone based on information from the Air Force and its maker, General Atomics. The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle can loiter at altitudes of ...