WASHINGTON -- The unmanned RQ-1 Predator spy plane became a star of the war in Afghanistan in November when one operated by the CIA fired Hellfire missiles that helped destroy an al-Qaida leadership ...
An MQ-1 Predator sits on the flightline at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., Dec. 8, 2016. The predator started as an RQ-1 in the late 1990s providing reconnaissance capabilities only until the early 2000s ...