A U.S. Army MQ-1C Gray Eagle landed on on the ground in Niger, with a live Hellfire missile on the left wing pylon. Photos have started to emerge on social media on Jan. 24, 2021, of a U.S. MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone on the ground in northern Niger. Photos of a US 🇺🇸 operated MQ-1C Gray Eagle after conducting an emergency landing in Northern Niger pic.twitter.com/ySbojGdcT4 — Intel Air & Sea (@air_intel) January 24, 2021Responding to questions about the photographs on Twitter, the U.S. Africa Command acknowledged that an incident involving an MQ-1C Gray Eagle occurred on Jan. 23, 2021. (1/2) A U.S. Africa Command remotely piloted aircraft conducted an emergency landing in the vicinity of Agadez, Niger, Jan. 23. In March 2020 another MQ-1 was lost near Agadez, Niger.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 24, 2021 20:37 UTC