The U.S. Air Force is accelerating

The U.S. Air Force is accelerating by a year the Pentagon’s goal of flying 21 Predator UAV patrols a day by 2009. That means a rapid increase of three additional MQ-1 combat air patrol orbits using full-motion video and rapid strike capability. The first two are to be active this year. Currently...

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