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Heron-1 UAS Reaches 70,000 Operational Flight Hours in Afghanistan


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29 December 2015



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Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) Heron-1 Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) recently marked its 70,000th flight hour in Afghanistan, after less than 7 years of operation in the country. This follows Heron’s completion of 25,000 flight hours last month under German Air Force operations in… http://bit.ly/1Ps53Ch




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