在美国空军中有一个特殊的飞行员群体,他们来自正规的飞行部队,有着丰富的飞行经验。但在这个部队中,飞行员从不直接驾驶飞机升空作战,而只在地面操纵飞机,决战于千里之外。他们就是美国空军的无人机操作员。未来几年,美国将大量装备“捕食者”和“全球鹰”无人驾驶侦察机,还要装备无人驾驶战斗机。这些无人驾驶飞行器已经不是简单的无线电遥控飞行器,而是真正的作战飞机,需要飞行员“驾驶”其完成侦察、攻击地面(海上) In the United States Air Force there is a special group of pilots, they come from the formal flight force, has a wealth of experience flying. However, in this force, pilots never flew their aircraft directly to launch combat operations. Instead, they only controlled the aircraft on the ground and made a decisive battle thousands of miles away. They are the drone operators of the USAF. In the next few years, the United States will be heavily equipped with unmanned reconnaissance aircraft of Predator and Global Hawk, as well as unmanned combat aircraft. These unmanned aerial vehicles are no longer simply radio-controlled aircraft but rather real combat aircraft that require pilots to “pilot” their reconnaissance and attack the ground (at sea)