Air Force Drone Found Floating In Florida Keys

Boaters in the Florida Keys were alarmed over the weekend when they came across what looked like a very large piece of military ordnance floating about a mile from the Port Largo Canal.

The Coast Guard was called. Onlookers remained at a distance for safety. And the answer surprised everyone.

As first reported by the Florida Keys Keynoter, it turns out the bright orange, 20-foot long, missile-shaped object was a $570,000 Air Force drone that had been shot down during a training mission in January -- 800 miles away, near Tyndall Air Force base in the Florida Panhandle.

"As soon as we heard, we had people on the way," Lt. Col. Lance Wilkins, commander of Tyndall's 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron, told the Keynoter, explaining that the Air Force would repair and reuse the drone. ...............(more)

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