RQ-170

Latest RQ-170 Stories

RQ-170 Sentinel Stealth Drones May Have Flown Sorties Off Crimea

By Howard Altman / Updated Apr 20, 2023

Iran’s RQ-170 Clone Crashes Suspiciously On 10th Anniversary Of The Real One Falling Into Its Hands

By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 6, 2021

Air Force Makes Extremely Rare Mention Of Deployment Of RQ-170 Stealth Drones

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Sep 13, 2021

Declassified Docs Offer New Details About A Growing RQ-170 “Wraith” Force

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated May 3, 2021

Notoriously Shy RQ-170 Spy Drone Lands At Its Skunk Works Birthplace

By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Nov 27, 2020

Stealth Is Put To The Test In Huge Exercise Teaming RQ-170s, F-35s, B-2s With Other Jets

By Joseph Trevithick and Jamie Hunter / Updated Aug 6, 2020

RQ-170 Sentinel Stealth Spy Drone Photographed Landing At Plant 42 In Palmdale

By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 26, 2020

Exclusive: Uniquely Configured RQ-170 Stealth Spy Drone Appears At Vandenberg AFB

By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 5, 2020

Satellite Image Of RQ-170 Taxiing By MQ-9 Gives Best Size Estimate Yet Of Stealth Drone

By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jun 6, 2020

Details Emerge About The Secretive RQ-170 Stealth Drone’s First Trip To Korea

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jan 28, 2020

Master Chart Showing US Military Aircraft And Their Data-Links Includes RQ-170 Sentinel

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway / Updated Nov 12, 2019

This U.S. Army Manual Has New Official Details About the RQ-170 Sentinel Drone

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019

Iran Claims Their RQ-170-Shaped Drones And Missiles Hit Targets In Syria Near U.S. Forces

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Oct 1, 2018

Journalists Had A Surprise Close Encounter With An RQ-170 Sentinel At Vandenberg AFB

By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jun 5, 2018

Shedding Some Light On The Air Force’s Most Shadowy Drone Squadron

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway / Updated Apr 25, 2018

Iran Unveils Fleet of Combat Drones, Claims They’re Copies of Captured RQ-170

By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Oct 3, 2016