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MQ-9 Crashes at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 assigned to the 451st Air Expeditionary Group, part of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, crashed Feb. 20 at about 9 p.m. Kabul time, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

The crash was contained on Kandahar Airfield and there were no injuries or damage to civilian property as a result. U.S. Air Force authorities will investigate the cause of the crash, but hostile fire was not a factor.

Photo: An MQ-9 Reaper from the 451st Air Expeditionary Group sits on the flight-line at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)