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[–] chmod 1 points (+1|-0)

I wonder if the Army is going to retire it's Gray Eagle fleet as they are Predator variants.

[–] Owlchemy [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

I always thought it was dumb to have all the services having their own variants of stuff. Huge waste of resources IMHO. But on your question, I have no idea.

[–] chmod 1 points (+1|-0)

The airframe is the same but the Army flies completely different payloads. It was actually a cost saving deal. With the Air Force retiring them, I can't see the Army picking up the sustainment costs of the Predator.