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PREDATOR passes 400,000 flight hours

20/08/08

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(U.S. Air Force photos/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)

by Staff Sgt. Thomas J. Doscher
Air Combat Command Public Affairs

8/19/2008 - LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AFPN) -- The MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft system surpassed 400,000 flight hours during a mission in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility Aug. 18. Members of the 15th Reconnaissance Squadron, part of the 432nd Air Expeditionary Wing at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., flew the milestone mission in support of continuing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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