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Drone command center coming to Horsham
The drones that have been used by the U.S. military to kill enemies and collect intelligence will be piloted remotely from Horsham.
The U.S. Air Force selected the Pennsylvania Air National Guard’s 111th Fighter Wing for the new mission set to begin Oct. 1 at the Horsham Air Guard Base.
About 75 full-time and 175 part-time positions are expected to be added to the wing as it establishes a ground-control station for the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft system.
Drones will not be flown in and out of Horsham. Rather, the remotely piloted aircraft will be controlled by the military unit stationed at the base from a virtual cockpit by a two-person team consisting of a pilot and a sensor operator.
Originally posted by pheonix358
S&F.
I know war is hell and collateral damage is a reality and always has been but watching a video of a drone strike that killed a group of youth playing soccer and then a second drone missile to kill the first responders was sickening.
As you sow, so shall you reap!
P
Originally posted by FortAnthem
I see a lot of people from the base when I get my coffee at **** every *******.
Originally posted by Aleister
"Don't you know, herr doctor, that we are only following ze orders? Can't blame the messenger when the message is a drone strike, we're just working men making an honest buck. Prosecuted for murder? No, no, I don't think so, we're just doing our job. Sleep at night? Well, it's been awhile. But don't blame me, it's the system, ah, I mean, it's God's will, ah, wait, how about 'If I didn't do it someone would?', yeah, that's the one, that works. Put in some overtime tonight? Sure, why not, just let me get a bead on those kids and slide one right in there. Hey, can you grab me a coffee on your way back? Thanks."edit on 19-3-2013 by Aleister because: (no reason given)
However the war may end, we have won the war against you; none of you will be left to bear witness, but even if someone were to survive, the world will not believe him. There will perhaps be suspicions, discussions, research by historians, but there will be no certainties, because we will destroy the evidence together with you. And even if some proof should remain and some of you survive, people will say that the events you describe are too monstrous to be believed – they will say they are the exaggerations of Allied propaganda and will believe us, who will deny everything, and not you. We will be the ones to dictate the history of the Lagers.
Primo Levi, The Drowned and the Saved.
Originally posted by Chrisfishenstein
reply to post by FortAnthem
Where you moving to?
Better start looking now
Originally posted by Tardacus
If they would have taken all the money and all the time that they have wasted since 9/11 and secured our borders instead running all over the world invading innocent countries, we wouldn`t need drones in our skies looking for terrorist in our own country.
with all the money they have wasted on useless wars since 9/11 we could have built walls across our southern and northern borders from the pacific ocean to the atlantic ocean and hired enough border guards to stand shoulder to shoulder across that same distance.
Theres no money to made in border defenses though wars are a much bigger money maker for the corrupt elites.
The fact they they feel the need to have drones in our skies is proof that they have spent 11 years and untold amounts of money and have failed to secure our country from terrorist.
Drones will not be flown in and out of Horsham. Rather, the remotely piloted aircraft will be controlled by the military unit stationed at the base from a virtual cockpit by a two-person team consisting of a pilot and a sensor operator.