An MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle prepares to land while another Predator taxies toward a hangar at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Both UAVs were returning from missions over Iraq. TECH. SGT. ERIK GUDMUNDSON / AIR FORCE USAFE Chief: Don’t Rely On UAVs -- U.S. Air Force
The Air Force’s top officer in Europe has a strong message for supporters of unmanned aircraft: Remotely piloted planes won’t be as effective in future wars as they are in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Gen. Roger Brady, outgoing commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, laid out the limitations of unmanned aerial systems and pumped up manned aircraft in a no-holds-barred speech to more than 500 military leaders, engineers, scholars and UAS manufacturers.
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