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U.S. Air Force investigators have determined that an MQ-1B Predator crashed last year after its controllers lost a datalink with the unmanned aircraft, the service’s Air Combat Command announced June 5.According to the command, the datalink was lost while the Predator was performing a combat support mission on March 8, 2016, in U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility. While control of the aircraft was ultimately reestablished, the ground control station did not alert the aircrew. As a result, the crew…
