Holloman MQ-9 Crashes During Training Mission

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An MQ-9 remotely piloted aircraft assigned to Holloman AFB, N.M., crashed around 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, “seven miles south of Highway 70,” according to a base press release. A spokesperson told the Alamogordo Daily News that the Reaper was on its way back to base after a routine training mission. An Air Force spokesman declined to say if any property was damaged or if anyone was injured when the RPA crashed, saying only that the incident was “still under investigation.”

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