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National Edition News cover for May 30, 2014 - Afghanistan pullout may end domination of drones: Drones in Afghanistan. Ground crew remotely control a Hermes 450 Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), which is a remotely controlled reconnaissance aircraft, as it takes off at Camp Bastion airfield, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Picture date: Wednesday December 18, 2013. See PA story DEFENCE Unmanned. Photo credit should read: Ben Birchall/PA Wire URN:18508013 (Press Association via AP Images)
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An MQ-9 Reaper, armed with GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided munitions and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, is piloted by Col. Lex Turner during a mission over southern Afghanistan. Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen shot down a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone operating in international airspace off the country's coast, a Defense Department official confirmed Wednesday. (USAF via Associated Press)
