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Monday, November 29, 2010

U.S. Army unit flies new unmanned aircraft in Iraq

MQ-1C Sky Warrior® UASAn Army unit deployed to Camp Taji, Iraq, is shaping the future of the Army’s unmanned aircraft systems program with a handful of its newest aircraft, the MQ-1C Gray Eagle.

The unit, known as Quick Reaction Capability 1-Replacement 1, deployed this June to use the Gray Eagle in combat before the Army fields the aircraft to all of its aviation brigades in the next few years.

It is one of two deployed Army units currently flying the Gray Eagle, and it is the only one using it in Iraq.

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