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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

March crash of unmanned spy plane under Air Force investigation

MQ-9 ReaperAir Force investigators are probing the crash of an unmanned MQ-9 Reaper spy plane assigned to Creech Air Force Base that went down March 20 during a training mission over Fort Irwin, Calif., an Air Combat Command spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday.

“It did crash. Until the investigation is closed there’s not much we can say,” said the spokeswoman, Capt. Jennifer Ferrau, at command headquarters in Langley Air Force Base, Va.

She said a preliminary cause of the crash and a damage estimate were unavailable Tuesday.

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  1. Jude Michael15/4/09 10:26

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