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June 7, 2016

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Predators Join Reapers at Jordan’s Muwaffaq

In February of this year, we reported that Jordan had begun quietly hosting a deployment of U.S. or Coalition MQ-9 Reapers at Muwaffaq airbase between February and March 2015. New satellite imagery released in Google Earth shows further developments at the airbase, located 33 miles south of the Syrian border. Newly erected clamshell shelters —…

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February 25, 2016

By Bellingcat Investigation Team

Reaper Drones Revealed to Be Operating from Jordan

While lawmakers were publicly pushing President Obama to let Jordan borrow drones, U.S. or coalition Reapers were quietly being deployed to the country to track and kill IS. Satellite imagery shows that Jordan’s Muwaffaq airbase is now home to American-made Reaper drones. The Reapers were deployed in March 2015, almost a full four months before…

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Predators Join Reapers at Jordan’s Muwaffaq

Reaper Drones Revealed to Be Operating from Jordan

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