A pilot in a remote site at Kandahar Air Field uses a camera pod to remotely steer a Reaper aircraft back into base after a mission. Rick Loomis / Los Angeles TimesAmerica’s Secret Empire of Drone Bases: Its Full Extent Revealed For The First Time -- AlterNet
A ground-breaking investigation examines the most secret aspect of America's shadowy drone wars and maps out a world of hidden bases dotting the globe.
They increasingly dot the planet. There’s a facility outside Las Vegas where “pilots” work in climate-controlled trailers, another at a dusty camp in Africa formerly used by the French Foreign Legion, a third at a big air base in Afghanistan where Air Force personnel sit in front of multiple computer screens, and a fourth that almost no one talks about at an air base in the United Arab Emirates.
And that leaves at least 56 more such facilities to mention in an expanding American empire of unmanned drone bases being set up worldwide.
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My Comment: This is a very comprehensive report. A must read for those who are interested in America's growing drone fleet.
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