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Archive Home > 2012 > August > 10 > Drone pilots gain esteem, career focus in Air Force

Drone pilots gain esteem, career focus in Air Force

By Lolita C. Baldor / The Bulletin
August 10, 2012

WASHINGTON — Becoming a fighter pilot is still a hotly coveted goal at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo.

But slowly, a culture change is taking hold.

Initially snubbed as second-class pilot-wannabes, the airmen who remotely control America’s arsenal of lethal drones are gaining....

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