WASHINGTON - The military's reliance on unmanned aircraft that can watch, hunt and sometimes kill insurgents has soared to more than 500,000 hours in the air, largely in Iraq, The Associated Press has learned. And new Defense Department figures obtained by The AP show that the Air Force more than doubled its monthly use of drones between January and October, forcing it to take pilots out of the air and shift them to remote flying duty to meet part of the demand.
Ack, this is supposed to be a bad thing? Our pilots are an extremely valuable military asset, keeping them safe and (relatively) rested is, I would think, to be desired. If they can get the jobs done with drones, that is the more expendable (and cheaper) way to go.
Just call on . . . THE REAPER.
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I know an Air Force pilot who has flown both F16s and drones. Not surprisingly, he prefers the former.
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