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Air Force

Amid Suggestions to Arm Ukraine with MQ-9, USAF Prepares to Transfer 100

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, March 29th, 2022

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Amid Suggestions to Arm Ukraine with MQ-9, USAF Prepares to Transfer 100

An MQ-9 Reaper flies a training mission over the Nevada Test and Training Range on July 15, 2019 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Of some 300 General Atomics MQ-9 Reapers in the U.S. Air Force inventory, 100 are to go "to another government organization," per the service's fiscal 2023 budget request, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told reporters in a March 25 pre-budget briefing. The transfer of the 100 MQ-9s would come on top of Air Force plans to retire 150 aircraft in fiscal 2023, including 33 Block 20 Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-22s, eight Northrop Grumman [NOC] Joint STARS, 21 A-10s, 15 Boeing…

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