Nineteen (19) UAV Types Currently Operating in Iraq

There are currently 19 different UAV types operating in Iraq with coalition forces stated General Ron Fogleman (Ret’d), former USAF chief of staff, speaking yesterday at the Defense News Media Group’s Air Chiefs Conference held at the Knowledge Village, Dubai, UAE.

Fogleman said that lessons had been learned regarding UAV operation: ‘At first we treated UAVs as though they were trucks - and it was a disaster.’ Now, the UAV - now being termed UAS (S = system) - challenge is to ‘find, fix, track and target - in near time. That has been achieved beyond our expectations,’ he added.

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