The US Army is experiencing a shortage of operators of unmanned aerial vehicles

Leaders of the US Army expresses its concern about the shortage of pilots, сообщает Ars Technica . According to the newspaper New York Times «a significant number of US Air Force pilots were recruited to serve in the army again, since the training program satisfies the need for only half of the required 1,200 pilots».

Colonel James Cluff, commander of 432 Squadron US Air Force on Tuesday invited journalists Times and several other publications in the Control Center under the drones Las Vegas, built ten years ago. He said that teachers and employees of the center - Air Force pilot, he "pulled" from the front. Now the center is operated 65 flights every day, but according to expectations, the number drops to 60 this fall.

With the growth of LIH and other global hot spots and increasing pressure on the Air Force, which should provide unmanned flights. Operators drones can every day to see their families, spend the night at home and are on the other side of the globe from their goals, but the Air Force vseravno are personnel losses.

"Our people every day pass through the test for the psyche and thinking, each time stopping at the gate of the center:" Okay, I'm going to war and fight, "and then, leaving the gate at the end of the day, they stop at Walmart to buy a package milk, or are going to watch football on arrival home. Due to the fact that the pilots can not talk about much of what they do, and their families are exposed to severe stress and pressure that only aggravates the condition of the pilot. " Colonel Cluff says: "The military command of the US Air Force, responsible for drones, said that there is a real shortage of pilots."

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