WILLEMSTAD - The unmanned reconnaissance aircraft MQ-9 Reaper has completed its 1,000th flying hour. That happened today in the Caribbean.
The Netherlands has 4 Reapers, 3 of which are In Curaçao. In addition, the purchase of 4 additional aircraft was announced in June last year. Before the aircraft can be deployed operationally, they go through a test and evaluation phase. The first 4 have now done so and due to the favorable weather conditions, this happened on the island.
Until July 1, the 40-men detachment will collect information to support (military) organizations in the Caribbean. After that, they will focus again on the operational readiness of the Reaper.