A United Kingdom Royal Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone from Akrotiri entered Lebanese airspace for the first time, heading east to the LATEB waypoint on the Syria border at flight level 270, according to an X post by LebanonJets during the period from 8:46 a.m. to 10:46 a.m. UTC on December 12, 2025. The drone, designated RGMK1 with callsigns PR010 and RFR7331 and hex code 43C972, departed from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, as detailed in the LebanonJets post. Its flight track is fully public on Flightradar24. This incursion follows Israeli Air Force airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon earlier that morning, including areas near Nabatieh north of the Litani River, according to previous reports.
