Deployment
MQ-9 Reaper at Creech Air Force Base
Medium-altitude long-endurance armed UAV. 27-hour endurance, 3,800 lb payload, Hellfire missiles and precision bombs. Primary US armed drone for ISR and strike missions.
MQ-9 Reaper by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems · Catalog entry · 4 sources · not yet field-verified
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US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper operations from Creech AFB, Nevada, with remote split operations worldwide. ISR and strike missions in CENTCOM AOR and beyond.
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 4 sources · not yet field-verified
- Last updated
- 2026-06-07
- Model
- MQ-9 Reaper
- Company
- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
- Location
- Creech Air Force Base
- Status
- active
- ID
442ae432-db2d-4188-8690-d9ad0d920580
Sources (4)
- https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104439/mq-9-reaper/
- https://www.ga-asi.com/
- https://www.afcent.af.mil/News/Article/1349993/386-aew-completes-first-flight-of-block-5-mq-9/
- https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/us-transfers-fighter-jets-armed-drones-from-uae-to-qatar-amid-regional-tensions
Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (2 primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-07
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-07
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: aerial
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- primary-government-record
- Government record
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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Methodology surface for MQ-9 Reaper at Creech Air Force Base.Common questions
- What is the MQ-9 Reaper deployment at Creech Air Force Base?
- MQ-9 Reaper, built by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, is recorded as a deployment at Creech Air Force Base on the DEPLOY registry. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates MQ-9 Reaper at Creech Air Force Base?
- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, the manufacturer of MQ-9 Reaper, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
- Is the MQ-9 Reaper deployment at Creech Air Force Base still active?
- As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, this deployment is currently operating.
- Have there been incidents at the MQ-9 Reaper deployment at Creech Air Force Base?
- No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.
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