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Suspected U.S. RQ-180 flying‑wing photographed, reported emergency landing at Larissa Air Base, Greece

Spotters and local media captured photos of a flying‑wing stealth unmanned aircraft over Larissa and reported it made an emergency landing at Larissa Air Base. The platform — clearly not a B‑2 and possibly the classified U.S. RQ‑180 — would signal an expanded clandestine ISR presence in Europe.

Discovered 2026-03-18T14:19:26.599967-07:00 | 2026-03-18T14:19:26.599967-07:00

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What Hype is tracking

The presence of a flying‑wing stealth UAS at Larissa is a direct operational data point about clandestine ISR posture in Europe and sits alongside allied investments in persistent remotely piloted systems, including the U.S. approval of a $600 million sale of four MQ‑9B SkyGuardian aircraft (sale of four MQ-9B SkyGuardian)[source:ffccfd04-d237-43bb-b642-6e5f740d6fe9].
Host‑nation defence posture is relevant: Greece recently approved a €4–4.6bn defence package that includes air‑defence upgrades and fighter modernization, which frames how Athens could receive, support or respond to advanced ISR activity on its soil (Greece defence package)[source:30fe79ec-0964-42aa-b7c7-6439949cdbeb].
The incident adds to a pattern of elevated drone activity and regional air‑surveillance incidents in southeast Europe, underlining operational and air‑defence implications for NATO partners after recent radar detections and intercepts near NATO borders (recent drone detections and scrambles)[source:acbd5243-8fa2-4cab-870c-a6fa13a28d54].

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