Reaper AMU deploys to Joint Base Balad
Tech. Sgt. Fred Spears secures the satellite communication radome to an MQ-9 Reaper at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Nov. 22. A coalition force comprising experts from the U.S. Air Force and Royal Air Force deployed here to man a new Reaper aircraft maintenance unit, attached to the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance and Attack Squadron, and assume maintenance from General Atomics, which produces the Reaper for these services. Spears, a Reaper avionics specialist assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, is deployed from Creech Air Force Base, Nev. His hometown is Longview, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley)(Released)