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Google Maps Captures Drone Landing at Air Force Base

Dec. 19, 2012 5:19pm Liz Klimas

Satellite mapping services, like those run by Google and Bing, have been known to capture everything from grid-like images in China’s desert to the potential training site for SEAL Team 6 to a top-secret U.S. landing strip in Yucca Lake, Nev.

It looks like Google Maps might have caught another drone image from Creech Air Force Base in Nevada, but this time it’s showing the UAV in motion.

Google Maps Shows Drone Landing at Creech Air Force Base

(Image: Google Maps)

The image found by James Bridle shows a drone landing and even includes the shadow it’s casting on the ground below as well.

(Image: Google Maps)

Buzzfeed pointed out that Bridle has had an interest in U.S. drone use. He maintains the Tumblr site “Dronestagram,” which curates “drones-eye-view” images of areas where drone strikes have occurred based on reports like those from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.

(H/T: Gizmodo)

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Comments (17)

tharpdevenport
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 5:13pm
Enjoy these accidental finds while you can, ’cause next up you know Fedzilla is going to start censoring Google Images, or any other image provider, first going over and then approiving images for use.

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nelan72
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 4:13pm
Drones landing at an AFB “yawn” why not find a photo of Kate Upton on the beach?

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2W1Patriot
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:24am
Creech AFB is where these drones are based out of. Even drone pilots, aircrew and maintainers need to train for deployments etc…

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Yushud_Givaschitt
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 8:14am
For all you yawning and making light of this…it shows how far you’ve fallen into Sheeplism….This is deployed here….

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banjarmon
Posted on December 19, 2012 at 6:24pm
Google maps….the best thing that ever happened for our ENEMY!!!

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- kenboo1
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 12:00am
  Was it landing or taking off???
  
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- Chetnik
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 4:36am
  As Peter Griffin once said, “OH MY GOD! WHO THE HELL CARES!?”
  
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mellowlady
Posted on December 19, 2012 at 6:17pm
Looks like there is a rabbit eating some foliage at 3 o’clock about 24 feet 9.124 inches from the knob like blob. There are approximately 2 dozen rabbit poops scattered behind him and a few ants are carrying off several of them to their ant hill behind the 4th plant from the earthen object that looks like a faucet.

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BlackCrow
Posted on December 19, 2012 at 6:03pm
Looks more like a take-off. If it were a landing it’s already used up most of the runway and is still a good way from the ground.

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DZ-015
Posted on December 19, 2012 at 5:59pm
That drone looks to be configured for high altitude deployment, sort of a miniature U-2 with the same long straight wings.

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LakeHartwellSailor
Posted on December 19, 2012 at 5:56pm
Man, are we just going to drone on and on and on about this?

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- qpwillie
  Posted on December 19, 2012 at 6:22pm
  LOL!!! Good one.
  
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Lotus503
Posted on December 19, 2012 at 5:37pm
And several others on the North side of the field…

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Lotus503
Posted on December 19, 2012 at 5:35pm
There is also one sitting outside a hanger on the South side of the field…it’s facing east with its right wing facing the hanger…

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resme
Posted on December 19, 2012 at 5:32pm
It’s a bird! No, It’s a plane! Oh noes, It’s a hellfire missile!

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Uncurable wound
Posted on December 19, 2012 at 5:32pm
Makes you wonder how many are flying overhead already!!!

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- DougHuffman
  Posted on December 19, 2012 at 5:44pm
  No. It tells us why .50BMG anti-materiel rounds cost $5 and more. It is likely that .50BMG will be subject to Obamanation’s restrictions and prohibitions.
  
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