The conference report to the fiscal year 2017 defense policy bill , released Wednesday, now pushes the deadline for more enlisted airmen to fly remotely piloted aircraft back by one year to 2020 for active-duty units and includes a later goal for the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard. Senate authorizers in their version of the bill told the Air Force to hire a "preponderance" -- or majority -- of enlisted personnel as RPA operators by Sept. 30, 2019,...
