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Old 09-25-2013, 04:10   #1
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U.S. moves drone fleet from Camp Lemonnier to ease Djibouti’s safety concerns

U.S. moves drone fleet from Camp Lemonnier to ease Djibouti’s safety concerns

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...47c_story.html

"...At least five drones based at Camp Lemonnier have crashed since January 2011, Air Force records show, including one that plowed into the ground next to a neighborhood in Djibouti’s capital, which goes by the same name as the country.

Last year, the Pentagon was forced to suspend drone operations in Seychelles, an island nation in the Indian Ocean, after two Reaper drones crashed on the runway at the main international airport, which serves half a million passengers a year...."

Seven Reapers are a bunch of dollars.......

"...The military gradually transferred the drone operations to Chabelley and flew the last drone flight from Lemonnier this month, U.S. defense officials said. ..."
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