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The Air Force vets that I know say that civilian aircraft during peace time are maintained better than AF aircraft were during war time. Also, it's fair to say
by bdamm 12y ago
The Air Force vets that I know say that civilian aircraft during peace time are maintained better than AF aircraft were during war time.
Also, it's fair to say that the AF doesn't really care about the potential for ground casualties in the event of a mechanical failure.
Let's look at it this way; how many US drones have been captured by enemy forces? Crashing is one thing; falling into the hands of an opponent who can study the device is a mission aspect that the AF and other agencies do care about. More than a handful?
- wavefunction 12y agoYou're saying the AF doesn't care if a drone has a possibility of crashing into our own troops? That seems to be unlikely.
- dkokelley 12y agoI think the implication is that a military drone is flying over the enemy. But taking a more realistic approach, a drone failure/crash in any current military theater is unlikely to hit anybody. We're not doing much flying over heavily populated/urbanized areas as far as I'm aware.