| inbluevt | Date: Tuesday, 2013/08/20, 8:11 PM | Message # 1 | DMCA |
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AFP - The US Air Force is unable to keep up with a growing demand for pilots capable of operating drones, partly due to a shortage of volunteers, according to a new study.
Despite the importance placed on the burgeoning robotic fleet, drone operators face a lack of opportunities for promotion to higher ranks and the military has failed to identify and cultivate this new category of
aviators, Air Force Colonel Bradley Hoagland wrote in the report published for the Brookings Institution think tank.
In 2012, the Air Force had a goal to train 1,129 "traditional" pilots and 150 drone pilots to operate Predator, Reaper and Global Hawk robotic aircraft.
But the Air Force "was not able to meet its RPA (remotely piloted aircraft) training requirements since there were not enough volunteers," the report said.
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In this image obatined from the US Air Force (USAF), an Air Force MQ-9 Reaper takes off March 13, 2009, from Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan. The US Air Force is unable to keep up with a growing demand for pilots
capable of operating drones, partly due to a shortage of volunteers, according to a new study.
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