United States Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Crash

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9A Reaper assigned to the 432nd Wing crashed on 14 July 2022 on land on the outskirts of the 71st Air Base at Câmpia Turzii, Romania, according to local media cited by Air Force Times. No injuries were reported. An Air Combat Command investigation released in July 2023 attributed the crash principally to pilot error by the launch and recovery crew, citing channelized attention and poor basic airmanship after control-system malfunctions led to a misdiagnosed emergency. The aircraft was destroyed, and the investigation put its value at about 14.6 million dollars.