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First missions for the new Italian AMI MQ-9 Reaper drone in Kosovo

Rome, Italy - It has joined the "Joint Enterprise" operation

The MQ-9 Reaper assigned to AMI (Italian Air Force) 32Th Squadron 28Th Group has received its baptism in Kosovo. The squadron is based in Amendola, Foggia. An exemplar of these drones has been used in an air surveillance mission over Kosovo during the KFOR "Joint Enterprise" operation. The UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) are currently often used in this kind of scenarios to make a deep and continuous...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1138862
Rome, Italy, 03/22/2012 10:51
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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