U.S. airmen prepare an MQ-9 Reaper with an extended range modification for a sortie on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 5, 2015. The Reaper is an armed, multimission, medium-altitude, long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft used primarily for intelligence collection and against dynamic execution targets. The modification allows for 20 to 40 percent additional flight time. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys