BREAKING: A Russian fighter jet has collided with a US ‘Reaper’ drone over the Black Sea.
An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft flies by during a training mission at Creech Air Force Base on November 17, 2015 The drone was destroyed after being ‘intercepted and hit by a Russian aircraft’, the US military said in a statement.
US Air Force General James Hecker, who overseas the US Air Force in the region, said: ‘Our MQ-9 aircraft was conducting routine operations in international airspace when it was intercepted and hit by a Russian aircraft, resulting in a crash and complete loss of the MQ-9.’Got a story? Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at
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