MQ-9s fly into Kandahar from Turkey

MQ-9s on the flight line at Kandahar Airfield last November. Reapers have returned to Afghanistan as the US seeks to bolster its air power in the country USAF/Staff Sgt Divine Cox IN A first for US Air Forces Central Command (CENTCOM), MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) flew to a new assignment in Afghanistan rather than being dismantled and shipped in on board C-17A transports. The drones flew to Kandahar Airfield in January direct from Incirlik Air Base in Turkey