Fleet, orders, deliveries & MRO · Airports & operations

RAF Protector force logs 1,000 deployed-operation flight hours

Last observed 2026-11-03 · Confidence 98%

Canonical event record

What happened

The RAF’s MQ-9B-based Protector force has reached 1,000 flight hours during deployed operations in the Middle East.

Why it matters: The milestone indicates the Reaper successor is being actively employed as an operational ISTAR platform.

Connected intelligence

No reviewed trend connection is available for this event.

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