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By 2 Lt. Matthew Doyle, 132d Wing Public Affairs / Published May 21, 2021 A MQ-9 Reaper takes flight from the Gulfport CRTC at Gulfport, Miss. armed with inert GBU-12s (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Jon Alderman) MQ-9 Reaper taxing on the runway as it prepares for takeoff. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by 2nd Lt. Matthew T. Doyle) A LNO, Pilot and Sensor Operator take part in a training flight during Exercise Southern Strike at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Miss. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Chief Master Sgt. David H. Lipp) ');...

By CHAD GARLAND | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 12, 2021 A Reaper drone crashed at the end of a New York runway last year because the operators mixed up the levers on the control panel, an Air Force investigation report released last week said. The unmanned MQ-9A Reaper quickly lost power and hit the ground about a minute after its takeoff from Hancock International Airport in Syracuse, N.Y., resulting in a loss of over $6 million in government property, the Air Force accident investigation board headed by Lt. Col. Brian E. Prichard said. The drone was assigned to the 174th Attack Win...