Corriere Della Sera: US MQ9 Reaper, NATO Global Hawk drones fly and scan Libya’s skies

The Italian newspaper, Corriere Della Sera, has revealed that American M-Q-9 Reaper (Predator B) drones have returned to scan the skies of Libya once again after they have taken off from Sigonella airbase in Italy.
The Italian newspaper also said that there are NATO drones (Global Hawk), which reach 60.000 feet high, that will also go into a surveillance mission as well as a military mission and will take off from the same Italian airbase after it goes through some expansion works.
The newspaper disclosed that a cargo of Hellfire missiles have also arrived to be used on M-Q-9 Reaper drones in the fight missions.
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