Air Force Training More Pilots for Drones

Air Force Training More Pilots for Drones Than for Manned Planes – Walter Pincus, Washington Post.

The Air Force will train more pilots to fly unmanned aerial systems from ground operations centers this year than pilots to fly fighter or bomber aircraft, Gen. Stephen R. Lorenz, the commander of Air Education and Training Command, told an audience Friday.

Lorentz’s remark illustrates the major transformation occurring within that service. In a Pentagon session last month, Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Will Fraser told reporters that the unmanned systems are “delivering game-changing capabilities today, and ones that I’m confident will continue to be invaluable in the future.”

At that July 23 briefing, Air Force officers spelled out the growth of what they call the “ISR [intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance] transformation” of their service…

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