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The Reapers are unmanned single-engine turboprops that can perform a variety of combat and other missions, according to an Air Force fact sheet.
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Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 25 Nov. 2025
The turboprop plane is believed to have crashed into a pond in a gated residential neighborhood, narrowly missing homes.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 11 Nov. 2025
That includes flying a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
Hubbard said the airplanes are typically not jets, but rather turboprop and piston airplanes flying to and from smaller airports.
—James Powel, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
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Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 25 Nov. 2025
The turboprop plane is believed to have crashed into a pond in a gated residential neighborhood, narrowly missing homes.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 11 Nov. 2025
That includes flying a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
Hubbard said the airplanes are typically not jets, but rather turboprop and piston airplanes flying to and from smaller airports.
—James Powel, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
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“Turboprop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turboprop. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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turboprop
noun
tur·bo·prop
ˈtər-bō-ˌpräp 
: an airplane powered by turboprop engines
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