A U.S. Air Force MQ-1 Predator drone crashed after takeoff from Incirlik Air Force Base, Turkey, on Monday -- just four days after the same type of unmanned aerial vehicle crashed in the same region.

It's no secret that the reign of the Air Force's MQ-1 Predator drone is slowly coming to an end. So crews with the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance and Attack Squadron have been overlapping their ...

The MQ-1C Predator A+ Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) has been retired after 18 years and +30,000 flight hours. The first Italian Air Force Predator unmanned aircraft were delivered in ...

An MQ-1 Predator and an MQ-9 Reaper assigned to the 432nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron remain ready for their next mission at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. The two aircraft have provided intelligence, ...

The Reaper was the backbone of American air power during Afghanistan and Iraq, but the MQ-9 would struggle against a dedicated anti-air adversary. The combat employment emphasizes a decentralized ...

The US Air Force will redesignate eight General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-1 Predator reconnaissance squadrons as "attack" units. The name chance has been approved by US Air Force leadership in ...

The remotely-piloted aircraft that ushered in the armed unmanned air vehicle revolution, the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-1, will be put out to pasture by 2018, after more than two decades ...

The phase-out of the MQ-1 already has started, so it’s an appropriate time to say thank you to the Predator for 20-plus years of selfless service. (Lt. Col. Leslie Pratt/Air Force) The remotely ...

Syrian media is claiming the MQ-1 Predator drone was shot down yesterday, although the Air Force isn’t commenting on the UAV’s actual fate. The luck of the Irish was not with a US Air Force MQ-1 ...

It is one of the most recognizable and controversial machines of the new millennium. The RQ-1, and its armed cousin, the MQ-1, have redefined how America fights its enemies abroad. Now the U.S. Air ...

Feb. 24 (UPI) --The U.S. Air Force is preparing to phase out its MQ-1 Predator drones in favor of an all-MQ-9 Reaper fleet in 2018. The Predator's retirement will effectively conclude the unmanned ...