{"id":35190,"date":"2018-08-27T00:45:53","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T00:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/08\/27\/mq-9-reaper-drones-in-romania-it-could-happen-soon\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:23:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:23:30","slug":"mq-9-reaper-drones-in-romania-it-could-happen-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/2018\/08\/27\/mq-9-reaper-drones-in-romania-it-could-happen-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"MQ-9 Reaper drones in Romania? It could happen soon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Correction: A previous version of this story misstated the cost of the new hanger at Campia Turzii. It cost $950,000.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CAMPIA TURZII, Romania \u2014 The U.S. Air Force has constructed a hangar at Romania\u2019s 71st Air Base at Campia Turzii, and it could be used to house <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/unmanned-unleashed\/2017\/03\/28\/in-the-fight-against-isis-predators-and-reapers-prove-close-air-support-bona-fides\/\" target=\"_blank\">MQ-9 Reapers<\/a> and support <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2018\/07\/13\/britain-chooses-basing-for-protector-drone-even-as-acquisition-process-evolves\/\" target=\"_blank\">intelligence-gathering operations<\/a> around eastern Europe and the Black Sea, Defense News has learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">United States Air Forces Europe declined to comment on whether the Air Force had concrete plans to begin operating MQ-9s from Campia Turzii in the near future, but the new facility could pave the way for a first-ever deployment of the Reaper to Romania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs a matter of policy, we do not speculate on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2018\/08\/27\/us-air-force-tests-base-in-a-box-in-poland-to-prep-for-future-wars\/\" target=_blank>potential deployments<\/a> or future aircraft unit movements. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2018\/08\/27\/us-air-forces-top-logistician-in-europe-explains-how-deployable-air-bases-can-change-operations\/\" target=_blank>U.S. Air Forces in Europe<\/a> routinely moves a variety of aircraft around Europe for theater familiarization, to conduct training, and support combatant commander objectives,\u201d Capt. Nathan Czuba, program manager for the European Deterrence Initiative, said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2018\/05\/23\/us-drones-are-being-based-in-greece-for-the-first-time-and-that-might-not-sit-well-with-turkey\/\" 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\/Reaper_MQ9.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\">Why are US drones being based in Greece for the first time?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The MQ-9 Reaper will be hunting targets from the European country&#039;s airspace, but don\u2019t expect a permanent stay.<\/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\">According to a U.S. Air Forces Europe document listing U.S. Air Force construction projects at Campia Turzii, the new $950,000 hangar will be able to house medium-altitude, long-endurance drones \u2014 presumably the MQ-9, the only MALE unmanned aerial system currently in use by the service \u2014 while meeting \u201call the security requirements\u201d necessary for UAS operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hangar-Resize.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-115849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hangar-Resize.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hangar-Resize.jpg.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hangar-Resize.jpg.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hangar-Resize.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The U.S. Air Force built this hangar, which could house manned or unmanned aircraft, at Campia Turzii between October 2017 to May 2018. Documents obtained by Defense News show plans to build a hangar to accommodate medium-altitude, long-endurance drones like the MQ-9. (Valerie Insinna\/Staff)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense News saw the completed hangar during a trip to the base in July, just months after construction ended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was built by an eight-person team of Air Force engineers from October 2017 to May 2018, said Brig. Gen. Roy Agustin, U.S. Air Forces Europe\u2019s director of logistics, engineering and force protection, during a July 31 interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Agustin confirmed it \u201ccould definitely service an MQ-9,\u201d it could also be used to support manned aircraft like the F-15s and A-10s that have been temporarily deployed to Romania over the past several years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even though the Air Force is remaining mum about when an MQ-9 deployment to Romania could take place, it seems likely that it\u2019s only a matter of time until the service flies Reapers from Campia Turzii, now that supporting infrastructure has been built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jim Townsend, who was the deputy assistant secretary of defense for European and NATO policy from 2008 to 2017 and is currently a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said an MQ-9 Reaper deployment to Romania would probably be greeted with approval by the country and other nearby partner nations like Turkey and Bulgaria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCertainly, the kind of interest that the Air Force is showing, that the United States is showing, the interest in that area has long been sought by the allies down there,\u201d he told Defense News on Aug. 16. \u201cSo I think they\u2019re going to look on this as a very positive development \u2014 showing interest, showing capability, providing a little bit of peace of mind so we have better eyes looking at an area that, up until recently, has been kind of vulnerable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force has made clear its interest in beefing up its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance footprint in eastern Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In May, the service began quietly operating MQ-9s from Miroslawiec Air Base, Poland. However, the service has divulged very little information about the deployment, saying only that the drones are unarmed and are used for ISR.<\/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\/2018\/06\/01\/air-force-reapers-are-now-flying-isr-missions-from-poland\/\" 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=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3983196.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\">Air Force Reapers are now flying ISR missions from Poland<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The U.S. Air Force\u2019s MQ-9 Reaper drone quietly started flights from Miroslawiec Air Base, Poland, in May, but the service isn\u2019t exactly saying why.<\/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\">A current MQ-9 Reaper pilot told Air Force Times \u2014 a sister publication of Defense News \u2014 that it\u2019s unlikely the UAS would be flown in war zones like Ukraine, as anti-aircraft munitions and surface-to-air missiles supplied by Russia to separatist groups could be employed to take down U.S. Air Force MQ-9s and escalate the conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe currently operate in arenas where we have total air supremacy. That\u2019s something we would not have in eastern Ukraine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force would more likely use MQ-9s based in Romania to monitor the Black Sea, which Townshend said is becoming increasingly pressurized as Russia beefs up its naval presence there with little competition from the Romanian or Bulgarian navies to deter it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Reaper, which is manufactured by General Atomics, can be loaded with missiles for a strike role but can also be deployed in an unarmed configuration for ISR use. If deployed to Romania, the MQ-9 would be launched and recovered at Campia Turzii by U.S. personnel based there. However, for the majority of the mission, it would likely operate stateside by a pilot and sensor operator, who uses the electro-optical\/infrared camera as well as a synthetic aperture radar for surveillance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those sensors could be used to furnish a real-time picture of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2018\/08\/27\/in-its-bid-to-counter-russia-us-air-force-to-spend-40m-on-romanian-air-base\/\" target=_blank>Russian activities<\/a> in the Black Sea \u2014 what ships are moving in and out, submarine activity, the transport of sensors or air defense equipment like the S-400 near the Russian coastline, and how all these platforms are exercised \u2014 particularly near Crimea, Townsend said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also could provide early warning of hostile activities, and gives the Romanian Air Force the chance to interface with drones for the first time as well as increase its situational awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think what the signal is for the Russians is that both NATO as well as the United States \u2014 we consider the Black Sea just as important in terms of stability and in terms as deterrence, that we consider the Black Sea area just as important as the Baltics,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maj. Cosmin Tanase, Romania\u2019s chief of the coordination support office at its 71st Air Base, told Defense News in July that the U.S. military construction on base highlights the cooperation between the U.S. and Romanian militaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This project is a sign that you really care and you want to develop the relationship you have here in Romania,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. has built facilities that could shelter MQ-9s on Romanian soil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":115847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":21,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[106,29,32,21],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3188],"class_list":["post-35190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-brief","category-home","category-newsletters","category-unmanned"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"OWBOOUUTZRANTHFKBJU3AK73LY","arc_canonical_url":"\/air\/2018\/08\/27\/mq-9-reaper-drones-in-romania-it-could-happen-soon\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MQ-9 Reaper drones in Romania? 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