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To: Mr.Unique
Is your son going to MQ-9s, or does he know yet?

He doesn’t know yet. As far as I know, the Predator has been retired. So all that’s left is Reaper or Global Hawk. I think the elites get Global Hawk, so I would say, the chances are, he will get the Reaper. That would be OK with him, since he wants to fly an armed aircraft. He thinks reconnaissance only aircraft, are for the birds. As far as I know, however, his job is to fly the aircraft, and it’s the enlisted guy sitting next to him, that fires the weapons, but that order comes from way above their pay grade.

60 posted on 09/20/2018 7:45:58 PM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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To: Mark17
MQ-9 has a better mission, IMHO. Yes, the sensor operator sets up the shot, but the pilot takes the shot.

Best of luck to him.

61 posted on 09/20/2018 8:12:19 PM PDT by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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