 The USAF akarayira dzinokwana 259 Predators, uye nokuda pamudyandigere uye kwadonha nhamba Air Force kushanda kwakaderedzwa kusvika 154 kubva May 2014. Zvirongwa zvebhajeti zvakaronga kubvisa zvikepe zvePredator pakati pegore rezvemari ra2015 na2017 zvichitsigira MQ-9 Reaper yakakura, iyo ine mutoro wakakura uye renji. VaPredator vaifanira kuchengetwa paDavis-Monthan Air Force Base kana kuti kupiwa mamwe masangano aida kuvatora. U.S. Customs and Border Protection yakaratidza kufarira, asi yakanga yatova neReapers dzinoshanda zviri nani uye dzairemerwa nemari dzokushandisa. U.S. Coast Guard yakaratidzawo kufarira kuongorora kweUAV kunobva panyika. Kunze kutengeswa vaivawo nezvechisarudzo, asi MQ-1 iri pasi kurambidzwa kweMissile Technology Control Regime nokuti anogona vakapakata; ekisipoti misika vari kunogumira nokuvapo Reaper. Tichifunga nezvekuguma kwePredator uye kukura kwayo, uremu, uye simba, Air Force yakasarudza kusatsvaga kuvandudzwa kuti iite kuti ibudirire munzvimbo dzinopikiswa, uye yakatsunga kushandiswa kwayo chete munzvimbo inodzivirirwa yemhepo ingave sechinhu chinokwezva kutora moto kubva kune dzimwe ndege. Nokuda kwemamiriro ekunze ekutarisa zvinodiwa mushure mekunge Islamic State yeIraq neLevant ISIL yapinda muIraq, kudzingwa basa kwePredator kwakanonoka kusvika muna 2018. MQ-1s zvichida achaiswa asiri recoverable okuchengetera panguva Boneyard uye kwete kutengeswa kune vavengi, kunyange zvazvo kanyanga, pasi kudzora nhepfenyuro, uye zvimwe zvinoriumba anogona kuponeswa kuti kuramba kushandiswa pane dzimwe airframes. 