{"id":122236,"date":"2022-08-24T16:26:29","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T16:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/08\/24\/military-investigating-air-force-drone-that-crashed-in-libya\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:52:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:52:35","slug":"military-investigating-air-force-drone-that-crashed-in-libya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2022\/08\/24\/military-investigating-air-force-drone-that-crashed-in-libya\/","title":{"rendered":"Military investigating Air Force drone that crashed in Libya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An unmanned Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone crashed in the vicinity of Benghazi, Libya, earlier this week, prompting an investigation by U.S. Africa Command, officials confirmed Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement provided to Military Times, U.S. AFRICOM spokesperson Lt. Cmdr. Timothy Pietrack said that the \u201caircraft was operating in support of U.S. Ambassador and Special Envoy to Libya Richard Norland\u2019s diplomatic engagements\u201d when it crashed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pietrack added that the aircraft\u2019s operation schedule had already been \u201ccoordinated with the appropriate Libyan authorities. &#8230; We do not have any further information at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It remains unclear whether the drone crash was the result of enemy fire, though there are reports it was shot down by eastern-based Libyan forces, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/libya-drone-idAFL1N2ZY1AA\" target=\"_blank\">according to Reuters<\/a>. The U.S. previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/24\/american-military-loses-drone-over-libyan-capital\/\">lost an unmanned drone in Libya<\/a> in 2019 while monitoring for extremist activity in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unconfirmed photos and video shared by a think tank associate, including photos of the smoldering crash site, illustrate how the dramatic incident possibly unfolded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Unverified footage claimed to show downing of UAV near Benghazi, Libya \ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddfe<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PtI9TDWj54\">https:\/\/t.co\/PtI9TDWj54<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NrVQK6FdpJ\">pic.twitter.com\/NrVQK6FdpJ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Joseph Dempsey (@JosephHDempsey) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JosephHDempsey\/status\/1561790211603980290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Any potential response to the incident from the U.S., meanwhile, will likely involve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2022\/08\/03\/its-official-the-marine-corps-has-its-1st-black-4-star-general\/\">Gen. 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