Second unmanned Predator aircraft in three days crashes in Iraq
Today: March 31, 2005 at 11:25:14 PST
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAS VEGAS (AP) - For the second time in three days, an unmanned Predator spy plane has crashed in Iraq, officials said.
A military statement from Baghdad said the remotely piloted MQ-1 Predator crashed at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Rawah, northwest of Ramadi, about 60 miles east of the Syrian border.
On Sunday, an MQ-1 Predator crashed near Balad, about 40 miles north of Baghdad.
The cause of the crashes was not immediately determined. The military said boards of officers will investigate.
Both planes were assigned to the 15th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, near Las Vegas.
MQ-1s are equipped with video and infrared cameras and armed with laser-guided Hellfire missiles. They cost up to $3.8 million each.
A Nellis auxiliary airfield at Indian Springs, 45 miles northwest of Las Vegas, is home to the nation's three Predator squadrons and the newly created Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Center for Excellence.
Information from: Las Vegas Review-Journal,
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Mar-31-Thu-2005/news/26185606.html
EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS DOWN THE TUBES IN A WEEK
Today: March 31, 2005 at 11:25:14 PST
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAS VEGAS (AP) - For the second time in three days, an unmanned Predator spy plane has crashed in Iraq, officials said.
A military statement from Baghdad said the remotely piloted MQ-1 Predator crashed at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Rawah, northwest of Ramadi, about 60 miles east of the Syrian border.
On Sunday, an MQ-1 Predator crashed near Balad, about 40 miles north of Baghdad.
The cause of the crashes was not immediately determined. The military said boards of officers will investigate.
Both planes were assigned to the 15th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, near Las Vegas.
MQ-1s are equipped with video and infrared cameras and armed with laser-guided Hellfire missiles. They cost up to $3.8 million each.
A Nellis auxiliary airfield at Indian Springs, 45 miles northwest of Las Vegas, is home to the nation's three Predator squadrons and the newly created Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Center for Excellence.
Information from: Las Vegas Review-Journal,
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Mar-31-Thu-2005/news/26185606.html
EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS DOWN THE TUBES IN A WEEK
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