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GAO: USAF Doesn’t Have Enough RPA Pilots, Sensor Operators for New Squadron

June 26, 2020 | By Brian W. Everstine
The Air Force may not have enough remotely piloted aircraft pilots and sensor operators to stand up a new wing in 2024, as it struggles to retain personnel and increase the size of its instructor pilot cadre, the Government Accountability Office says in a new ...

Airman for Life: RPA Building Dedicated to Ollie Crawford

March 1, 2020 | By Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory
The Air Force’s sole center for undergraduate remotely piloted aircraft training, located at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, was renamed “Crawford Hall” on Nov. 13, 2019, in honor of the late Ollie Crawford, a World War II pilot and Air Force Association charter member who ...

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