An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft prepares to taxi out of a hangar Aug. 8 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. A Reaper employed a 500-pound GBU-12 laser-guided bomb against anti-Iraqi forces Aug. 16, marking the Reaper's first weapons engagement since it began flying combat sorties over Iraq July 18. Tech. Sgt. Erik Gudmundson)

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