Originally Posted by
Flyhighfirst
My first thought as well. These come from sigonella in Italy and overfly a number of countries. All of which will have given permission.
I then realised he was talking generally. Like Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, numerous African countries. He was correct in that so chose not to comment on his post.
No this one isn't necessarily from Sigonella.
This wasn't an MQ-4 Global Hawk like those we see on FR-24 almost every day flying above 50,000 ft,collecting intelligence.
This was an MQ-9 which normally carries weapons and flies much lower.