Global Hawk training program will not change as enlisted airmen join ranks

By Rachel Cohen / October 7, 2016 at 10:30 AM
The first class of enlisted airmen who learn to fly remotely piloted aircraft will serve as a test case for potential policy changes, as the Air Force looks to the future of unmanned warfare and tries to meet a growing demand for RPA pilots. The service announced in December 2015 that career-enlisted airmen would soon be allowed to apply to fly the Northrop Grumman-made RQ-4 Global Hawk to bolster RPA pilot ranks. In August, the Air Force broadened the offer...

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