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English: The Unmanned Aerial System, Predator aircraft ready for take-off on the runway.

Set up in January 2004 as an urgent operational requirement to support coalition operations in the Multi-National Division (South East) or MND (SE) of Iraq, 1115 Flight consists of 45 predominantly Royal Air Force personnel comprising pilots, sensor operators, engineers and other support personnel. The pilots and sensor operators work round-the-clock at Ground Control Stations housed at Nellis Air Force Base whilst the engineers are based at Creech Air Force Base both of which are in Nevada USA.

Flying the Predator Unmanned Aerial System, they provide vital persistent, wide-area surveillance to support troops on the ground in both Iraq and Afghanistan. If called upon to do so they can also provide close air support, video support of surface actions, air strike coordination, and direct fire support.

  • Organization: RAF
  • Object Name: CCT-06-068-UNC-OUT-0069.3
  • Keywords: Nevada, USAF, Survelliance, Predator, Nellis Air Force Base, 1115 Flight, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Remote controlled, Runway, UAV
  • Country: USA
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(Reusing this file)		 Images are downloadable at high resolution, made available at http://www.defenceimagery.mod.uk for reuse under the OGL (Open Government License).

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