Under a previous peace deal, all U.S. troops are scheduled to leave Afghanistan by May 1.
All U.S. troops are scheduled to leave the country by May under the terms of a deal brokered by the Trump administration last year.
The incident did not occur while the service member was on duty, but is under investigation.
The aircraft carrier Nimitz is heading home after an extra-long deployment, amid questions of whether that should be the norm.
The pandemic response missions had only been partially covered in recent months.
USAFE said the Reapers' deployment shows the United States' support for allies in the region, and seeks to deter adversaries.
It'll likely be months before a detailed plan is finished.
Troop presence is down about a third from the height of border deployments.
Army Gen. Mark Milley suggested that smaller, rotational deployments make more strategic sense.
The F-16s deployed under the dynamic force employment model, which is intended to allow faster and more fluid movement of forces.
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