MQ-1 Predator

The MQ-1 Predator was an unmanned aerial vehicle used primarily by the United States Air Force.

During "Day 9: 11:00am-12:00pm", Lieutenants Chris Tanner was piloting an MQ-1 Predator doing reconaissance and surveillance for a convoy at the Kajaki Province, outside of Kandahar, Afghanistan. After finishing his run, Tanner was about to fly away when someone started controlling the drone remotely. Although Tanner tried to regain control and abort, the drone armed itself and fired at the convoy, that was led by Major Shepherd. Four people died as a result of the attack.

Background information and notes

 * Although Chris Tanner says he was piloting the MQ-1 Predator, the drone seen during the episode and in the schematics resembles more a Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel.