USAF operates RQ-170 stealth drone over Black Sea

Nine flights have been carried out over the Black Sea by USAF-operated Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel low observable (or stealth) unmanned aerial vehicles, according to a batch of secret US military documents posted online. The flights by the highly classified RQ-170 Sentinel – nicknamed the ‘Beast of Kandahar’ – took place between November 2022 and February 2023, according to a leaked US Joint Chiefs of Staff document, titled ‘Black Sea ISR 29 Sep 22-26 Feb 23’. The document is a