Combat debut for Block 5 Reaper

A new Block 5 MQ-9 Reaper loaded with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, a GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bomb and a GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munition at Creech AFB in April. USAF/Senior Airman Christian Clausen THE US Air Force’s latest Block 5 MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) made its combat debut on June 23. According to a USAF statement, the Block 5 RPA flew more than 16 hours with a full payload, dropping one GBU- 38 Joint Direct Attack Munition, and