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U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Drone Crashes Off South Korea
S4 · ~Nov 2025 · General Atomics / U.S. Air Force · Yellow Sea, Off South Korea
Record
| Company | General Atomics / U.S. Air Force |
| Industry | Other |
| Type(s) | crash |
| Date | ~Nov 2025 (month precision) |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | Yellow Sea, Off South Korea |
| Severity | (serious injury, total loss, or grounding) |
| Scale | 1 aircraft lost |
| Confidence | high |
| Verified flag | Yes - independently re-checked against the cited source |
Summary
A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone assigned to the 431st Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron crashed into the Yellow Sea near Maldo-Ri Island off South Korea's west coast; the ~$28 million aircraft was recovered the following month.
Primary source
Publisher: CNN / The New York Times · Retrieved: 2026-09-16
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~Nov 2025 | U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Drone Crashes Off South Korea | CNN / The New York Times | CNN / The New York Times |
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