US sending in two additional Predator drones to fly combat air patrols,
The United States stepped up its military assistance to the NATO mission in Libya slightly this week, sending in two additional Predator drones to fly combat air patrols, a senior defense official told NBC News. The unarmed Predators arrived in the region Monday and flew their first surveillance mission over Libya on Tuesday. On Sunday morning, Gadhafi military forces near Sirte fired the first SCUD missilesince this conflict began. The SCUD landed in the desert, about 50 miles east of Brega, but did not cause any casualties.
