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M1A96819 · June 24th, 2011, 01:43 AM

MQ-9 Reaper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue2QndclzeU

90Yjgimp · June 24th, 2011, 05:13 AM

Cool video. I got a lot of respect for the Reapers. They saved many lives when i was overseas and killed a lot of dirtbags.

Thanks for posting

SGV · June 27th, 2011, 07:14 PM

I got to see some pretty cool footage from Reaper strikes when I was at Kandahar. Definately a cool aircraft.

M1A96819 · June 27th, 2011, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by SGV

I got to see some pretty cool footage from Reaper strikes when I was at Kandahar. Definately a cool aircraft.

So did you know in advance that the attck strike was coming from a UAV Reaper?

I would have love to been there to seen such a strike.

SGV · June 28th, 2011, 05:11 AM

The footage I saw was pretty cool, and Reaper definately saved some US lives and put some haji's in the dirt. There was an Army squad working up one side of a canyon (unknown to them, they were being set up by Taliban), and via thermal you could also see Taliban working up the other side of the canyon. Thanks to the intel provided to the squad on the ground, they were able to set up an ambush. Via the footage, the squad stopped and the Taliban cut down, through the canyon and popped up on the US side, expecting to head off the US squad. You could see the Taliban standing there for a priceless few seconds, looking around like "where'd they go?" followed by the Army squad smoking them. Had the Reaper not been in the air providing real-time intel, the Army squad would have certainly been ambushed by the Taliban. So, Reaper is an outstanding tool...

dwight55 · July 21st, 2011, 12:28 PM

Just a big "Thank You" to M1A96819 for the video.

I really enjoyed it.

May God bless,
Dwight

90Yjgimp · July 21st, 2011, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by M1A96819

So did you know in advance that the attck strike was coming from a UAV Reaper?

I would have love to been there to seen such a strike.

For Cdn Troops on the ground they were given a heads up as to what air assets they had available to call on if they needed. And sometimes we used the Reaper to hunt IED planting teams or track movements. I got to see lots of strikes and assist in finding targets.

bobbo489 · December 18th, 2011, 03:36 PM

I just want to say that I love this video, and I can't wait till my crosstraining date arrives. I get to be a sensor operator on either this or the Predator. Hoping for the Reaper, but either would be really cool to operate.

Whatsinaname181 · December 18th, 2011, 04:40 PM

some UAV's you can audiably hear from the ground. that was in 08' though. im sure they have since improved certain things.

Seventh Fleet · December 18th, 2011, 04:42 PM

Good song and excellent weapon. I just wish that they'd been available during Vietnam. They would have come in very handy.

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