Military Practices Flying Drones Over Northern New York

By ⋅ January 23, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment
The MQ-9 Reaper in a maintenance bay. (Photo: David Sommerstein)

The MQ-9 Reaper in a maintenance bay on Hancock Air Base. (Photo: David Sommerstein)

The drones that fly over Afghanistan are generally piloted by people sitting in the United States.

Those pilots also fly training missions over domestic skies.

That’s the case in northern New York.

North Country Public Radio’s David Sommerstein reports on the fuzzy line between military preparation and a creepy eye in the sky.

The 174th Attack Wing at Hancock Air Base in Syracuse, NY. (Photo: David Sommerstein)

The 174th Attack Wing of the Air National Guard, stationed at Hancock Air Base in Syracuse, New York, is one of just a couple places where pilots learn to fly the MQ-9 Reaper. The Reaper is the US military’s premier “hunter-killer” remotely controlled aircraft, or drone. (Photo: David Sommerstein)

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