Reaper Force

Download or read book Reaper Force - Inside Britain's Drone Wars written by Peter Lee and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique insight into RAF Reaper operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria is based on unprecedented research access to the Reaper squadrons and personnel at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire and Creech Air Force Base in Nevada, USA. The author has observed lethal missile strikes against Islamic State jihadists in Syria and Iraq alongside the crews involved. He has also conducted extensive interviews with Reaper pilots, sensor operators, mission intelligence coordinators, and spouses and partners. The result is an intimate portrait of the human aspect of remote air warfare in the twenty-first century.