{"id":3557,"date":"2018-05-24T20:00:43","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T20:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=3557"},"modified":"2018-05-24T20:00:43","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T20:00:43","slug":"why-are-us-mq-9-being-based-in-greece-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/05\/24\/why-are-us-mq-9-being-based-in-greece-for-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"WHY ARE US MQ-9 BEING BASED IN GREECE FOR THE FIRST TIME?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Source: Defense News<\/p>\n

By: Aaron Mehta<\/p>\n

For the first time, American military drones are operating from a Greek airfield. But don\u2019t expect a permanent stay.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Air Force has begun using MQ-9 Reaper drones out of Larisa Air Force Base, located halfway down Greece\u2019s eastern side, near the Aegean Sea.<\/p>\n

In response to an inquiry from Defense News, Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon said the aircraft are being temporarily stationed at Larisa while their usual base in Africa undergoes repairs. The news was first reported locally by the To Vima newspaper in Greece.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese aircraft are unarmed and are only used for reconnaissance. Due to operational security considerations, however, we do not release details on specific missions,\u201d Pahon said. \u201cIts support on this mission and others is critical to achieving our joint foreign policy security objectives in the region, specifically to address threats emanating from the south.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more at: https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2018\/05\/23\/us-drones-are-being-based-in-greece-for-the-first-time-and-that-might-not-sit-well-with-turkey\/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=Socialflow&utm_medium=social<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: Defense News By: Aaron Mehta For the first time, American military drones are operating from a Greek airfield. But don\u2019t expect a permanent stay. The U.S. Air Force has begun using MQ-9 Reaper drones out of Larisa Air Force Base, located halfway down Greece\u2019s eastern side, near the Aegean Sea. In response to an… Continue reading WHY ARE US MQ-9 BEING BASED IN GREECE FOR THE FIRST TIME?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security-and-strategy","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3561,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3557\/revisions\/3561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}