MQ-9 Only Asset Viable For ‘Over The Horizon’ Role, CENTCOM Says

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Credit: USAF
The U.S. Air Force’s MQ-9 is the only aircraft with the right capabilities for over-the-horizon surveillance and airstrikes in Afghanistan, though the service is phasing out the drone and giving U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) fewer aircraft to fly the missions. But CENTCOM’s head of operations said...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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