Russian Fighter Jet Crashes Into U.S. Reaper Drone Over the Black Sea
March 14th, 2023Via: Daily Mail:
A Russian fighter jet collided with an American Reaper drone over the Black Sea, bringing the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) down, the US military confirmed today.
The US military said one of two Russian fighters clipped the propeller of the drone, forcing the US to bring it down in the area of intense NATO military activity close to the Ukraine war frontlines, amid Russia’s on-going invasion of the country.
‘Our MQ-9 aircraft was conducting routine operations in international airspace when it was intercepted and hit by a Russian aircraft, resulting in a crash and complete loss of the MQ-9,’ U.S. Air Force General James Hecker, who oversees the US Air Force in the region, said in a statement.
