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Drone-aircraft: American UAV shot down in the north-west of Syria

Washington , USA - The crashed model is a MQ-1 "Predator"

A Syrian press agency announced that an UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) from the US Army was shot down on March 17, 2015. The news was confirmed late in the evening of the last night from a US Air Force spokesman, who added that the drone crashed in the northwest quadrant of Syria. The representative of the army has not been able to clarify the causes or the circumstances of the event. However, he...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1166988
Rome, Italy, 03/18/2015 13:13
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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