USAF will soon decide if enlisted airmen can fly UAVs

U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Mark Welsh, will make a decision by November whether to allow the branch’s enlisted airmen fly unmanned aerial vehicles.

By English: Staff Sgt. Don Branum, U.S. Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

During a panel discussion at the Air Force Association’s Air and Space Conference this week, some command chief master sergeants had different views on the subject.
Chief Master Sgt. Matthew Caruso, the command chief of Air Force Special Operations Command, spoke on the legal aspect of the decision as there are no guidelines on whether enlisted airmen had the authority to drop weapons from aircraft onto targets.

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