An Air Force MQ-1 Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle crashed at
9:20 a.m. Aug. 17 north of the Balad Air Base, Iraq. The aircraft
was assigned to the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron.
The death of a Department of the Air Force civilian in Iraq
August 8th brings attention to some of the unsung heroes of the war
effort: thousands of Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy
civilian employees who have voluntarily put themselves in harm's
way to support the war on terror.
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