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deployment2025-01-01 00:00 UTC🇺🇸 Unspecified areas of responsibility (three AORs); unit based at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, United States
USAF 30th Reconnaissance Squadron cited for 2025 RQ-170 Sentinel ISR missions and rapid forward deployments
An award citation and conference remarks say the USAF 30th Reconnaissance Squadron conducted 87 intrusive ISR missions across three areas of responsibility in 2025 and rapidly established forward operating locations to support low-observable RPA missions. The article discusses the unit’s association with the stealth RQ-170 Sentinel and references past reporting and social-media posts suggesting Sentinel activity in the Caribbean/Venezuela region, though specifics are not confirmed.
DETAILS
Type
deployment
Occurred
2025-01-01 00:00
Reported
2026-09-18
Location
Unspecified areas of responsibility (three AORs); unit based at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, United States
Coordinates
39.5159, -116.8537
Confidence
62 / 100
DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
No strike damage described; activity described as ISR missions, deployments, and exercises.
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