An MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle sustained damage at 10:15 a.m. on Nov. 20 in southern Afghanistan, according to an Air Force release that day that offered no further specifics. And, on Nov. 21, another release stated that the landing gear of an MQ-1 collapsed around 6:45 a.m. on Nov. 21 in Iraq. The Air Force plans to investigate each incident further.
The Air Force has finished resurrecting a B-1B Lancer, completing a yearslong process to transform a bomber that had been stored for parts in the Arizona desert into the new flagship of the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas.