Friday, October 26, 2012

The Last Moments Of Life For A U.S. Predator

Air Force officials are seeking volunteers for future training classes to produce operators of the MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt Col Leslie Pratt)

The Last Moments Of Predator #07-3249 -- Washington Post

The drone, armed with a single Hellfire missile, crashed on its approach to the runway next to Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti on May 17, 2011. Air Force investigators concluded that low clouds and humidity obscured the drone’s camera sensor – rendering it “blind” – and that a Global Positioning System malfunction misjudged how close the aircraft was flying to the ground.

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My Comment: There goes a few million dollars. The MQ-1B Predator fact sheet is here. More info on the predator can be found here.

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