U.S. Drone Crashes in Southern Afghanistan; No Injuries
Sunday, February 21, 2016 3:39 am |
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The U.S. Air Force says that one of its drones crashed at a base in southern Afghanistan but there were no casualties and no hostile fire is suspected.
In a statement, Capt. Bryan L. Bouchard said the MQ-9 Reaper went down at Kandahar Airfield late Saturday.
He said the cause is under investigation, “but hostile fire was not a factor.”
Kandahar Airfield, the largest base in Afghanistan, is being renovated by the U.S.-NATO mission for mixed military and civilian use.
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