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An MQ-1B Predator takes off in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2008. Fitted with two laser-guided Hellfire missiles the “drone” graduated from a reconnaissance to a multirole aircraft. (USAF photo/TSgt. Sabrina Johnson)
An MQ-1B Predator takes off in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2008. Fitted with two laser-guided Hellfire missiles the “drone” graduated from a reconnaissance to a multirole aircraft. (USAF photo/TSgt. Sabrina Johnson)