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Article: UNMANNED AIRCRAFT COULD PUT U.S. FIGHTER PILOTS OUT OF WORK.(NEWS)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- November 24, 2001
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Byline: Associated Press
NEW YORK -- The dashing fighter pilot, with his white silk scarf and burnished leather jacket, is among the most celebrated icons of American military lore.
Slowly, however, technology is pushing the fighter pilot out of the cockpit.
''I think his days are numbered,'' said Glenn Buchan, a RAND defense air power analyst.
In the not too distant future, trained fighter pilots may find themselves sitting at a computer on the ground, controlling an unmanned aircraft - or as many as a half-dozen of them - that may be flying over another continent.
The transformation is already under way.
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