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US Facing Lack of Pilots, Not Planes, in Afghanistan
Jul 28th 2010 – 8:09PM
Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez, USAF
(July 28) -- With the United States in the midst of a crucial surge in Afghanistan, demand for surveillance aircraft is at an all-time high. But after more than a decade of moving toward spy drones, the Air Force is facing a crisis: a lack of pilots with experience flying manned reconnaissance planes. In response to the...
Background on predator drone
The General Atomics MQ-1 Predator is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) used primarily by the United States Air Force (USAF) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
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