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  • Predator’s combat flight hours off the charts

    09/13/2005 5:43:30 PM PDT · by SandRat · 13 replies · 695+ views
    Air Force Links ^ | Sep 13, 2005 | Master Sgt. Orville F. Desjarlais Jr.
    SAN ANTONO -- Airmen who operate and fly the MQ-1B Predator are tired, but you couldn’t tell that by the unprecedented 27,000 hours the Predator has flown this past year supporting operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Some in the 15th Reconnaissance Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., believe they are the only flying squadron in the Air Force that can even come close to logging that many flying hours. From June 2004 to June 2005 the unit flew more than 27,000 hours, breaking its own monthly record three of the past 12 months. Comparatively, the unit flew nearly...