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$1.5 million drone disappears on training flight at Army base

FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2015 photo, a Shadow unmanned aircraft operated by the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade over the U.S. Army Yakima Training Center in Yakima, Wash., with the moon in the background. (Peter Haley / AP)
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FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. – The Army is missing a $1.5 million drone that disappeared while on a training flight at Fort Huachuca in southern Arizona.

Base officials say the Shadow unmanned aircraft launched on Tuesday disappeared after losing connection with the ground station.

Massive efforts to find the missing drone have been unsuccessful and officials believe it disintegrated on impact somewhere in that general area.

The aircraft was part of a training mission at Fort Huachuca being conducted by the 14th Brigade Engineer Battalion from Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington.

The Shadow is a short-range airborne reconnaissance system that can fly about 134 miles. It weighs 450 pounds.