US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper

The US Air Force flies the General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper, an armed medium-altitude, long-endurance drone, with Air Combat Command, Air Force Special Operations Command, Air Force Materiel Command, the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve. Deliveries began in November 2003 and the Reaper reached initial operational capability in October 2007. 338 aircraft have been built for the service and 182 were in its inventory in 2026, and it plans to keep a fleet of 140 through 2035 while upgrading it under the System Lifecycle Agile Modernization effort.