Military aviation’s future

Posted on October 25, 2007 | Comments Off on Military aviation’s future

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The Global Hawk UAV recently returned from Iraq under its own power. Not transported via C5 or C17. Controlled by a pilot, via satellite, from Edwards AFB, CA, where the robot is shown in its hanger.

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0 responses to “Military aviation’s future”

  1. SnoopyTheGoon's avatar SnoopyTheGoon | October 26, 2007 at 4:16 am |

    Yep, it seems that the era of the dashing jet jockeys is coming to an end. Now it will be all in the hands of the joystick-Nintendo-… generation, they are already fully equipped to fight this kind of war.

  2. SnoopyTheGoon's avatar SnoopyTheGoon | October 26, 2007 at 4:16 am |

    Yep, it seems that the era of the dashing jet jockeys is coming to an end. Now it will be all in the hands of the joystick-Nintendo-… generation, they are already fully equipped to fight this kind of war.

  3. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | October 26, 2007 at 7:08 am |

    If they can just turn these things into accurate ground-support weapons, cause the days of strategic bombing–if not, necessarily, high-altitude combat–would seem to be long over.

  4. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | October 26, 2007 at 7:08 am |

    If they can just turn these things into accurate ground-support weapons, cause the days of strategic bombing–if not, necessarily, high-altitude combat–would seem to be long over.