US Air National Guard/Staff Sgt. Joseph Pagan
- US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drones deployed to Greece during the final weeks of 2022.
- Operating from Larissa air base, the drones will keep an eye NATO's borders in southeastern Europe.
- The deployment comes as NATO grapples with the war in Ukraine and with tensions between Turkey and Greece.
Late last year, the US deployed MQ-9 Reaper drones to Greece's Larissa Air Base.
The deployment came amid Russia's ongoing attack on Ukraine, which has raised tensions throughout Europe, but the drones also arrived in Greece as that country and Turkey, both of which are NATO allies, wage a war of words over their longstanding territorial and political rivalries.