Military Drones Present And Future: Visual Tour
01/03/2013 The Pentagon's growing fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles ranges from hand-launched machines to the Air Force's experimental X-37B space plane.
Developing the skills to fly UAVs is vital to the military's expanding use of them. This training center at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Fla., provides flight simulators and maintenance and classroom instruction.
Image credit: Stephen Potter
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