{"id":161701,"date":"2026-03-12T20:11:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/161701\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T20:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:11:15","slug":"army-seeks-masked-thieves-who-lifted-drones-from-base-as-iran-retaliation-fears-spike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/161701\/","title":{"rendered":"Army seeks masked thieves who lifted drones from base as Iran retaliation fears spike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Army is offering a fat reward for the capture of two thieves who stole drones from a base \u2014 amid fears of a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/11\/us-news\/iran-plotting-revenge-terror-attack-on-california-with-drone-army\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">possible Iranian drone strike on US soil<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Army Criminal Investigation Division is offering a $5,000 reward for info leading to the arrest of the thieves who lifted the drones from Kentucky\u2019s Fort Campbell in November.<\/p>\n<p>The drones were stolen between Nov. 21 and 24, but officials didn\u2019t reveal when they were discovered missing.<\/p>\n<p>Army investigators are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of two masked men who stole the drones from Fort Campbell. U.S. Army \/ Criminal Investigation Division<\/p>\n<p>The thieves made their escape in two separate getaway cars \u2014 one of which was this light-colored four-door sedan. U.S. Army \/ Criminal Investigation Division<\/p>\n<p>The drones were Skydio X10D systems \u2014 light, long-range quadcopters used for aerial surveillance and reconnaissance.<\/p>\n<p>These use AI to avoid obstacles and can connect to 5G cellular networks, giving them nearly unlimited signal range, according to the Skydio website.<\/p>\n<p>The other getaway car was this dark four-door pickup truck. U.S. Army \/ Criminal Investigation Division<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re worth nearly $30,000 apiece, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abjacademy.global\/drone-blog\/skydio-x10d-tops-dhs-assessment-of-blue-uas-drones\/#:~:text=Each%20drone%20in%20this%20assessment,was%20slightly%20higher%20at%20$15%2C073.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ABJ Drone Academy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Army investigators released images of a pair of suspects wearing gloves, light jackets, and winter hats. One wore a mask.<\/p>\n<p>Officials also released images of two suspicious vehicles: a four-door sedan and a pickup truck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Army is offering a fat reward for the capture of two thieves who stole drones from a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5336,1219,14670,9,11,10,10582,58,1076],"class_list":["post-161701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-army","tag-drones","tag-iran","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-raids","tag-us-news","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}