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Touchy subject
Why the AF should not have sole rights to UAV's ( my opinion )
1. The manuever BCT's should have their own UAV's as they do now. Granted, some BCTs use their UAV's for pattern of life (which I think is stupid 90% of the time) and some use them for CIED, OPN's, etc and have been very effective with them.
2. Added layers of communication. Wasting time when time counts.
3. Bureaucracy.
In the time that I have flown, I have not once talked to an AF UAV. I've gotten multiple target handovers from Army UAV's. Why? I attribute it to one main reason. Situational Awareness.
When the operators know the area's they fly, they talk to the guys that go out everyday, and they get briefed by S2's that know what is going on == They know where to look for the bad man. If the air force is willing to put all their UAV personnel in Army TOC's and take orders from Army Commanders, that might work. But then they might as well be Army.
The most effective way to reduce enemy operations is to KILL the enemy. And when the enemy dies, another American lives. I just wish the AF could be a team player on this issue for soldier on the ground, and not for the money.
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