French Air Force announced on 3 March that the Reaper UAVs deployed in the Sahel-Saharan strip has reached 20 thousand flight hours. Deployed since January 2014 in Niamey Air Base, MQ-9 Reaper drones used in support of French operations in the region carry out intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions.
211216-N-QI061-1222 NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. (December 16, 2021) An MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), assigned to Unmanned Patrol Squadron 19 (VUP-19), sits on the flight line at Naval Station Mayport, Florida, Dec. 16, 2021. VUP-19, the Navy’s first Triton squadron, will continue to maintain and operate the aircraft off the East Coast to further develop the concept of operations and refine tactics, techniques, and procedures. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan T. Beard/ Released)