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An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft piloted by Airmen from the 556 Test and Evaluation Squadron flies over the Nevada Test and Training Range and fires an Air-to-Ground Missile-114 Hellfire missile, Aug. 30, 2023. The 556 TES performs all software and physical testing to improve the combat capabilities of the MQ-9 Reaper. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Victoria Nuzzi)

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An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft piloted by Airmen from the 556 Test and Evaluation Squadron flies over the Nevada Test and Training Range and performs live-fire exercises with Air-to-Ground Missile-114 Hellfire missiles and Guided Bomb Unit-12 Paveway IIs, Aug. 30, 2023. The 556 TES performs all software and physical testing to improve the combat capabilities of the MQ-9 Reaper. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Victoria Nuzzi)

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An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft piloted by Airmen from the 556 Test and Evaluation Squadron flies over the Nevada Test and Training Range and fires an Air-to-Ground Missile-114 Hellfire missile, Aug. 30, 2023. The 556 TES performs all software and physical testing to improve the combat capabilities of the MQ-9 Reaper. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Victoria Nuzzi)

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An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft piloted by Airmen from the 556 Test and Evaluation Squadron flies over the Nevada Test and Training Range and performs live-fire exercises with Air-to-Ground Missile-114 Hellfire missiles and Guided Bomb Unit-12 Paveway IIs, Aug. 30, 2023. The 556 TES performs all software and physical testing to improve the combat capabilities of the MQ-9 Reaper. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Victoria Nuzzi)

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An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft piloted by Airmen from the 556 Test and Evaluation Squadron fires an Air-to-Ground Missile-114 Hellfire missile during a live fire exercise in the Nevada Test and Training Range, Aug. 30, 2023. The 556 TES performs all software and physical testing to improve the combat capabilities of the MQ-9 Reaper. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Victoria Nuzzi)

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U.S. Air Force Airmen from the Combat Search and Rescue Combined Test Force at Nellis Air Force Base, run pre-flight checks on a HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopter before flight at Nellis AFB, Aug. 30, 2023. The aircraft flew that day in order to observe an MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft live fire launch. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Victoria Nuzzi)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Devon Curtis, a special mission aviator assigned to the Combat Search and Rescue Combined Test Force at Nellis Air Force Base, examines the tail rotor blade of an HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopter during flight pre-checks at Nellis AFB, Aug. 30, 2023. The aircraft flew that day in order to observe an MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft live fire launch. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Victoria Nuzzi)

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Travis Junge, a special mission aviator assigned to the Combat Search and Rescue Combined Test Force at Nellis Air Force Base, looks out of an HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopter as it flies over the Mojave Desert, Nevada, Aug. 30, 2023. The aircraft flew that day in order to observe an MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft live fire launch. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Victoria Nuzzi)

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MQ-9 Hellfire launches in the desert

Published Nov. 13, 2023
By Airman 1st Class Victoria Nuzzi
432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs

CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft piloted by Airmen from the 556 Test and Evaluation Squadron flies over the Nevada Test and Training Range and fires an Air-to-Ground Missile-114 Hellfire missile, Aug. 30, 2023. The 556 TES performs all software and physical testing to improve the combat capabilities of the MQ-9 Reaper. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Victoria Nuzzi)

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