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Air Force Conducts 'First of Its Kind' Combat Refuel of CENTCOM Drone

w:General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper at a FARP (forward area refueling point). --Ancheta Wis   (talk) | contribs) 10:35, 26 December 2022 (UTC)

Dec. 22, 2022 | By Chris Gordon | 10 Dec 2022 U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jim Bentley / Tech. Sgt. Daniel Asselta

"The U.S. Air Force refueled and relaunched an MQ-9 Reaper using a technique to support aircraft away from traditional airbases for the first time in combat, the service announced Dec. 21. The aircraft also used satellite communications to reduce the number of personnel required to support the mission."

https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-conducts-first-of-its-kind-combat-refuel-of-centcom-drone/

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A General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drone, refueling aviation fuel at a forward arming and refueling point.

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