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How many people need to fly a drone?


In the film, we saw some containers with all the equipment needed and I suppose that each container stands for one drone. Also, the pilots in there, did some stuff, but what exactly? Lasers on, lasers off, ten seconds, five seconds, autopilot on, autopilot off. Are all these people needed just to do that?

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I wondered the same thing. Apparently it takes 4 people and the colonel to fly a drone. And if Langley's on the line, they all have to second-guess him. It's amazing with all that jibber-jabbing, they hit anything at all.

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We didn't SEE exactly what it takes to "fly a drone". Contrary to what kids today think... everything out of Hollywood and on the Internet, is not true. 

Shoot him, cut out his tongue, then shoot his tongue.

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I've been in the box, it can be done by two. A pilot (officer) and a sensor operator (enlisted). The guys in the back are there for back up and to switch on an off for the other two to get a break.

"I knew it. I'm surrounded by *beep*

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Some errors concerning the enlisted airman. Airman Suarez is an A2C but her name tag says A1C. No A2C has served long enough to earn 3 rows of ribbons, unless she got demoted from an NCO grade. I enlisted in peacetime and got ONE ribbon, a good conduct ribbon and served 4 years.

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You're right about the ribbons but there's no such thing as an A2C. In the movie she's an Airman First Class (A1C / E-3).

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I was honorable discharged in 1964 as an E4/Airman First Class/A1C but I was an E3/Airman Second Class/A2C.
Today's USAF a 2 striper is a A1C?

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Yes... Airman Basic (no stripe/E1), Airman (one stripe/E2), Airman First Class (two stripes/E3), Senior Airman (three stripes/E4).

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Whoopee! E4 is now called SENIOR AIRMAN. Well, I'm glad I served my four years as an Airman First Class.

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Just two.

Has everything that's happened, already happened? Should I stay exactly the same?

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