On Friday, May 14, 2021, the Reaper block 5, a new Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) drone operated by the Air and Space Force, took off from the Projected Air Base (BAP) from Niamey (capital city of Niger) for its first operational flight. Its very first mission was to support the soldiers of the Bison Desert Tactical Group (GTD), engaged in a major operation against the Armed Terrorist Groups (GAT) in the Nokara region of Gourma (Burkina Faso).
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| On Friday, May 14, 2021, the Reaper block 5 MALE drone operated by the French Air and Space Force, took off from the Projected Air Base (BAP) from Niamey (capital city of Niger) for its first operational flight. (Picture source: Twitter account of the French armed forces) |
