{"id":20196,"date":"2022-03-11T14:36:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T14:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/03\/11\/air-force-investigating-unnamed-drone-safety-incident-at-creech\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:29:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:29:22","slug":"air-force-investigating-unnamed-drone-safety-incident-at-creech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2022\/03\/11\/air-force-investigating-unnamed-drone-safety-incident-at-creech\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force investigating unnamed drone safety \u2018incident\u2019 at Creech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An unnamed military drone was involved in a safety \u201cincident\u201d Wednesday morning at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, the service confirmed Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The remotely piloted aircraft is assigned to Creech\u2019s 432nd Wing, said wing spokesperson Capt. Stephen Collier. No one was hurt in the incident, which occurred shortly before 8 a.m. local time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s unclear to what extent the drone was damaged. A post on the popular \u201cAir Force amn\/nco\/snco\u201d Facebook page suggested the aircraft had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AFamnncosnco\/posts\/287710256810721?__cft__[0]=AZWvRcpUIGFSc_WXckKpMW9B9E0m70nM4YB1O611kPpHpuOEm8ESsj6UdEU5g9zXOa7m0t7-AK_OcYnaB8xZJUUQrjJ2VjuHAxJWqkHM8wmVWD1pqy54Lq8STdluJzTZEyUKy4V09BWJcSA_AvqoYV44&#038;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\">\u201ccrashed and skidded off the flightline.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2022\/01\/31\/deadly-aircraft-accidents-declined-in-2021-air-force-says\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21145072621245.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Deadly aircraft accidents declined in 2021, Air Force says<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Sixty-three of the most severe kinds of aviation accidents, known as Class A and Class B mishaps, were reported last year, down from 71 in fiscal 2020.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collier declined to answer questions about the nature of the incident or what type of aircraft was involved, citing an ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Creech is the Air Force\u2019s main drone operations hub, from which the 432nd Wing largely flies the MQ-9 Reaper \u2014 a mainstay of America\u2019s counterterror wars over the past two decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Multiple Reapers suffer mishaps each year, including about four a year that are destroyed. The Air Force names the MQ-9 in some, but not all, of those incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The installation is also home to at least one other reconnaissance drone, the secretive RQ-170 Sentinel.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2021\/12\/06\/drone-crashes-on-runway-at-holloman-air-force-base\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6735969.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Drone crashes on runway at Holloman Air Force Base<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The cause of the crash is under investigation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Little is known about the boomerang-shaped stealth aircraft, for which one mission entails streaming video from above to special operations units on the ground. The War Zone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\/19318\/uncovering-the-air-forces-most-mysterious-drone-squadron\">reported in 2018<\/a> that an estimated 20 or 30 Sentinels are thought to be operated by the 30th and 44th Reconnaissance Squadrons at Creech. 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