NIGHT WORK - U.S. Air Force maintenance technicians conduct preflight checks on an RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Nov. 23, 2010. The airman is assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Operations Group. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Andy M. KinDrones Ascend As Weapons Of War -- My San Antonio
FORWARD OPERATING BASE RAMROD, Afghanistan — It's just after sunup as Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Tankersley, close to wrapping up another night shift, looks at several flat-screen monitors while trying to pull in a video feed from a drone.
Flying west of Kandahar, the Reaper's signal is fuzzy much the same way as an old rabbit-ear TV, the image forming and fading because of interference from other frequencies.
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My Comment: Regular readers know that I always enjoy posting good articles on America's drone fleet .... well .... here is another one.
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