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455th AEW Photos

Out with the old, in with the new – 4 Reapers return home

Airman from the 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron and the 60th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron work together to pull a General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drone into place aboard a Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy assigned to the 22nd Airlift Squadron, August 10, 2022, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Reapers can be disassembled into storage containers called “coffins” for rapid redeployment.

PHOTO BY: TSgt Jeffrey Grossi
VIRIN: 220810-F-UU934-1680.JPG
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CAMERA

NIKON D850

LENS

14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8

APERTURE

45/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/320

ISO

400

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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