How Air Force Drone Pilots "Fly" The $32 Million MQ-9 Reaper | Boot Camp | Insider Business
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8 місяців томуThe US Air Force’s MQ-9 Reaper drone is a remotely operated unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV. It is used primarily for intelligence collection and precision strikes against targets on the ground. Because of its lightweight design and long wingspan, the Reaper can stay in the air for about 20 hours without refueling.
The MQ-9 Reaper has been involved in a number of missions, including the 2020 strike that killed the Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, but it has also been linked to civilian deaths. In August 2022, the Department of Defense released the Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Action Plan to address these civilian-harm issues.
Insider was granted access to Cannon Air Force Base to observe the 12th Special Operations Squadron to see how it’s training new pilots to remotely fly this drone.
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How Air Force Drone Pilots "Fly" The $32 Million MQ-9 Reaper | Boot Camp | Insider Business
@bt5294 8 місяців тому
I met a former drone pilot. He said it was very difficult because he would leave his home where he lived with his wife and kids, go to work, do drone strikes, then come home to his family after killing up to 30 people. It really messed with his head. Often times, he only had information from people on the ground. Yes, he made the decision to fire, but in reality, he said its the people feeding him information that control his actions. He has no way of really verifying himself.
@koiyujo1543 8 місяців тому
I've heard the way how some of their guys were treat'ed it's horr'ible the guys need better treatment for stuff like simply kil.ling people at the simple push of a button. Such as things like how I heard one pilot was someone was treated awful how people didn't understand how drones affect the pilots of drones. That's what I heard, can you tell me anything about that if the drone pilot said anything besides that?
@koiyujo1543 8 місяців тому
also that's horrible for what happened to him
@hanfbrot 8 місяців тому
oh no poor guy. i hope hes alright unlike the collateral damage / people who just were going by their day
@T.Watts89 8 місяців тому
@@koiyujo1543Are you having a stroke as you typed that out?!?!
@juststfu6551 8 місяців тому
nah they could have hired me.. I could kill a 100 people easily. lmao hahahah I will just think it as a game.
@wafu6058 8 місяців тому
As a reporter, you would think that she would know that its standard practice for the military to derresolution footage when publicly released. The footage isnt fuzzy. The footage YOURE seeing is. They dont have the same issues, and even if they did it has nothing to do with the strikes, failure to gather intel and other issues are a bigger point to discuss than something like that...
@__alt__568 8 місяців тому
Her specific wording was "One of the issues that have been brought up." It's unclear who the original source that brought up the issue is in this context. It could be outside sources or it could be the US military making the statement.
@deuscoromat742 8 місяців тому
@@__alt__568 That has nothing to do with the point that was made. Knowingly raising a point that you know to be false is unethical. The point is, she SHOULD know. Classic red herring.
@ohmygoshitscole 8 місяців тому
Is it really blurred? Someone send link to where it says this
@wafu6058 8 місяців тому
@@__alt__568 shes still raising a false point in order to push a narrative she either knows or should know to be false.
@boohere2 8 місяців тому
It's not a lady reporting. It's a man. How can you not tell this is a man's voice????
@nikobelic4251 8 місяців тому
The fact that the military is allowing this to be released means there is something better either available or close to being available
@FlyingCircusAct 8 місяців тому
Shhhh …. (there is).
@Calebhoi 8 місяців тому
no they fired cuase there was a sucide bomer
@nikobelic4251 8 місяців тому
@@Calebhoi what? I didn’t say anything about the pilot firing here
@Calebhoi 8 місяців тому
im using your comment to get attention ion lol@@nikobelic4251
@OneWhoSnacks 8 місяців тому
Things get declassified over time, not really related to new and improved equipment. Capabilities tho are still for the most part classified.
@cvspvr 8 місяців тому
wouldn't killing civilians be more of an intelligence gathering problem rather than a drone/plane pilot problem?
@helloyes2288 8 місяців тому
that, but also, ISIS at least has been known to create the conditions for a catastrophe, literally setting up some of their own atop explosives and hostages in situations likely to lead to a airstrike so they can swoop in to harvest the resentment and outrage.
@999Mher 8 місяців тому
Pretty much...
@noahking5531 8 місяців тому
It's a problem that they're using drones/planes when there is an intelligence problem
@nikobelic4251 8 місяців тому
Agreed. There are 3 options for these kinds of missions 1: Send in a ground team and risk the lives of many more people 2: use a drone and have them loiter and wait and have nobody at risk besides potential ground casualties 3: Send a B-2 bomber with the same or potentially less intel due to their inability to loiter and carpet bomb an entire neighborhood to kill 1 guy.
@DonFelixGallardo 3 місяці тому
@@nikobelic4251sending in a b2 to kill one guy is just silly. Plane worth too much
@chadmitchell5298 8 місяців тому
That human rights lady saying you cant feel the same cultural sensitivity as if you were flying in an actual fighter jet. Like what? You can’t tell who the hell is down there or what culture they are from being a mile in the air😂😂😂
@jessegonzales236 8 місяців тому
I’ve heard those cameras are reallyyyyyyy good 😬
@souadh.7759 8 місяців тому
She’s Jewish woman, her people or family is not the one being killed By the drone and the incompetent soulless pilots
@g98989 8 місяців тому
She explains it in the rest of the sentence about being embedded in the region. As a pilot actually flying the plane you might be stationed in that area and therefore interacting with people from the region where you're dropping bombs. You will talk to soldiers who go patrolling the area. You will have a greater connection to people of that region.
@ShawnLH88 8 місяців тому
You have gps and you know where you’re firing….how dumb are you
@imaz7210 8 місяців тому
@souadh.7759 She isn’t Jewish for one. And two I would hardly call the pilots “incompetent and soulless”.
@ronnie_5150 8 місяців тому
A lot of times, it is not the drone pilot who makes the decision to fire. The decision goes through a "Kill chain". Drone crews identify a potential target, the imagery is sent to higher ups, analysts, and even lawyers to make the call.
@User-rka_zykx76 8 місяців тому
You forgot the President
@annasad 2 місяці тому
So what is the point of this check and balances if all that chain failed? Means the whole process was flawed.
@JL_____ 2 місяці тому
@@annasadIt means mistakes happened... Doesn't necessarily mean the whole process is flawed. This is war, shit happens, obviously. The goal should be to make improvements.
@fabb5 5 днів тому
the Houti has shot down one yesterday.-----
@ronnie_5150 5 днів тому
@@JL_____ Exactly. Glad you said it so I didn't have to. 😁
@tcniel 8 місяців тому
When I was an artillery forward observer in Vietnam, I had the same fears of killing the wrong people, you do the best you can with the data you have at the time and pray you are correct, it is why war is referred to as an art.
@StevenHanover 8 місяців тому
Where did Yamashita bury the loot
@samiullahdawoodzai3417 8 місяців тому
What about going around killing innocent farmers for no reason and than peeing on them ? Your army has been doing that on video and you can watch it I mean come on stop acting as if it's so difficult for y'all to kill the "wrong people" 😂
@afiqzaki95 8 місяців тому
Good thing suicide bomber works that way, with the data they had, they prayed that they were correct. It is an art actually seeing blood splatter here and there. Hallelujah
@ragzy7108 10 днів тому
Congrats on probably killing innocent people in a war you lost
@checkmate058 8 місяців тому
A pilot 2 miles in the sky looking at cameras and sensors isn't in any better position to gauge ethics of the activity on the ground than a guy in a box on us soil looking at cameras and sensors. Its clear that insufficent intelligence gathering or the checks and balances of the aproval process that either pilot, remote or local, would have to go through isn't good enough. Being able to delete a person without any immediate risk should be something done cautiously and only with 100% guaranteed success.
@CentauriSphere 8 місяців тому
best comment 👍🏼
@Lucas-vd2gx 8 місяців тому
Yeah that remark made no sense. Unless those pilots in the sky have eagle-eye vision!!
@donpayton737 8 місяців тому
It's a lot more than 2 miles
@checkmate058 8 місяців тому
@@donpayton737 oh.
@babayaga9102 8 місяців тому
02:16 that idiot really said cultural sensitivity. Does she think pilots who fly "fixed wing" planes knows culture of the enemy or cares about culture.
@stepbruv8780 8 місяців тому
The greatest keyboard warrior ever
@speedracer2336 8 місяців тому
It’s the future!
@Doomsday499 8 місяців тому
The thing I don't quite understand is: Why blame the *drone* for the civilian casualties? Even if it was a manned aircraft, the outcome would have been the same. It still would have looked like a threat, if the operator/pilot was in the aircraft or not, they're seeing the same thing.
@normaluser4599 8 місяців тому
Nothing screams threat quite like a wedding
@ddrevm 8 місяців тому
I couldn’t agree more
@luffirton 7 місяців тому
Yes they may have seen the same thing but they are trained very differently and derfor are thinking very different about the decision making. You can’t ignore that the experience of being there in a cockpit sure is more intense and different than not being there many miles away.
@DaveSmith-cp5kj 5 місяців тому
@@normaluser4599 "wedding"
@DaveSmith-cp5kj 5 місяців тому
@@luffirton There isn't any intel or decision making difference between a manned or unmanned aircraft. The pilot sees the exact same thing. Many of the optical suites are even the exact same. This is a lot like gun control. An AR-15 seems scary because the media tells you it is, but no one bats an eye at a 22lr handgun which historically has been used in way more murders than an AR-15.
@totallynottoaster1114 8 місяців тому
A Russian Su-27 did not collide with an MQ-9 over Syria, however a Su-27 did ram into a MQ-9 over the Black Sea, Russian Su-35s dumped flares on an MQ-9 in Syria but that's not what you meant, please try to be accurate in your reporting next time. For anyone wondering the narrator says something at the end about A su-27 colliding with a MQ-9 over Syria where the footage from the MQ-9 being rammed over the Black Sea is shown.
@Eperez27 8 місяців тому
hit the tail prop
@badhombre4942 8 місяців тому
Su-27 pissed on the reaper and melted one of its props.
@jbl7092 8 місяців тому
Pretty sure these drone pilots are the best instrument-rated pilots in the world!
@chltmdwp 8 місяців тому
they aren't pilots as they are not in the aircrafts.
@FlyingCircusAct 8 місяців тому
Nah
@FuNkEyMoNKeY288 8 місяців тому
@@chltmdwp They're considered pilots. theyre physically controlling the plane through the GCS and have a sensor operator controlling the camera. Both are considered Pilot/Co-pilot in the MQ9. They both get their aviator wings just as any F-16/F-35 pilot would.
@AlexandraBolz 8 місяців тому
As someone who is thinking about doing the Air Force, these videos are so interesting.
@kenlandon6130 4 місяці тому
The vast majority of Air Force personnel do nothing like this. They're in support roles usually in jobs that correspond 1-to-1 with a civilian job.
@alainportant6412 23 дні тому
@@kenlandon6130 a lot of NATO countries are hiring drone people these days
@845835 25 днів тому
Drones are probably the most effective military equipment created since WWII
@michaelvainer3350 8 місяців тому
Well done !
@UnkNown-cb8ww 8 місяців тому
My late uncle was an infantryman in the 96th Division on Okinawa and told my dad of an incident that should have killed him, but he survived. Uncle's company was spread out moving through some tall grass as they carefully looked for the enemy. My uncle said as he took a step, the soil felt spongy, and his step was immediately followed by a blast that threw him backwards. He was covered with blood and bits of tissue. Fellow soldiers rushed to him, thinking he was wounded. As it turned out, aside from ringing ears and being shaken up, he was whole and uninjured. What the soldiers found was a Japanese soldier in a camoflauged foxhole who apparently detonated a grenade under his chin, blowing off his head and helmet. As to why the fragments didn't hit my uncle, they figured the enemy's helmet and the material covering the foxhole deflected and absorbed some of the blast. My uncle survived the Battle of Okinawa and was one of the few men in his company who made it through without being wounded or killed. The fighting was so bad, the above story was the only battle incident he would discuss after the war with my dad, who was also a soldier.
@JustinRM20 8 місяців тому
Great story. Tough men. My grandmother remembers fondly the chewing gum and chocolate she got from a GI. A stark contrast to a group of German soldiers standing around the corpse of a young man laying in a pool of blood. We Europeans are eternally grateful.
@markusmeldre 8 місяців тому
how is this related to Reaper Drones
@JustinRM20 8 місяців тому
@@markusmeldre Because some reaper drone operators are conflicted and struggle with civilian life after killing people. The same way his uncle struggled after fighting the Japanese.
@frisk151 8 місяців тому
Let us get this straight... The drone pilots are not to blame whatsoever.. They are NOT the ones who decide to engage or not to engage.. They have a shot-caller that gets and gives clearances to fire... The pilots just do what they are told to do by the powers above...
@spaceladjack3105 8 місяців тому
Pretty much. They do have the final say in releasing the weapon as pilot in command, which basically means they can still refuse to release a weapon for any reason. Ultimately though the authority and main decision/clearance is received from up the chain after going through a whole vetting process. Pilots can deny any clearance given, but they can't independently clear themselves to engage a target if that makes sense.
@Itzskimpy 5 місяців тому
They chose to do this. They're definitely to blame they're not being forced to sign up and be drone pilot
@spaceladjack3105 5 місяців тому
@@Itzskimpy Responsibility is shared across multiple authorities. Choosing to take a life is never one person's sole responsibility as I explained in my other reply. Sure, pilots choose to fly the aircraft, but they are not just bloodthirsty killers. It's a profession that's taken very seriously to avoid unnecessary noncombatant casualties to the max extent possible.
@DaveSmith-cp5kj 5 місяців тому
@@Itzskimpy This is probably the most ignorant comment I have ever read. Clearly you post comments before reading what you are replying to.
@onlybetasgetoffendedbystri8030 4 місяці тому
then get fired@@spaceladjack3105
@highcommander2007 8 місяців тому
7:42 they always talk about fuzzy footage; but this is mostly classified military craft... meaning the footage we are seeing has been processed and stripped of quality and function. Anything you see is a factor of 10 worse than what the government actually sees. Why? Well for one thing, the government can't let their adversaries know actual capabilities or that could lead to enemies creating development goals based on those. So let's stop saying the "footage was blurry."
@OneWhoSnacks 8 місяців тому
This is wrong, the military only data masks and selective editing of footage.
@trivialtrav 8 місяців тому
While it's messed up and more should be done to prevent civilian deaths, how is a remote pilot any different than a guy sitting in a cockpit thousands of feet up? Pilots are detached from the ground no mater what.
@untasty4215 8 місяців тому
Maybe cause one is actually in the air, while the other is practically playing a video game
@trivialtrav 8 місяців тому
@@untasty4215 Modern cockpits are more video game like than ever. They're not looking down on people out of the window, they're looking at screens and graphical displays. They're getting almost the same view as a remote pilot. Neither of them are anywhere near the explosion. Both of them are looking at computer screens and pressing a button. They're both nowhere near the explosion and they're far away from any possible retaliation. I'm not defending bombing innocent civilians. I'm only saying that putting pilots in actual planes wouldn't change anything. They're both detached.
@stevenr.rodriguez9997 8 місяців тому
It's taking away the single only way of succeeding in fighting back from whoever's home towns are being decimated, if you're going to all but indiscriminately kill people then stick your leg out more than not at all, if you kill someone's friend, child or other family, be prepared to die as a consequence.
@spaceladjack3105 8 місяців тому
In this case, does matter that they're not in a manned aircraft. Most manned aircraft just get orders to boom and zoom on targets in a matter of hours. The MQ-9 crews can do that, but most of the time they observe targets for upwards of months before striking them. All-in-all it is much, much more personal for MQ-9 crews, hence the higher likelihood of PTSD than manned pilots, especially considering they can't talk to friends and family about classified flights even though they go home to "normal life" the same day unlike being deployed. I grew up on playing Call of Duty back in the day and it doesn't compare at all. There's a difference between just playing a game and working a lethal profession.
@definitelynotthefbi4412 8 місяців тому
Yeah, definitely seems more like the fault of intelligence rather than the fault of a drone pilot/fighter pilot.
@Khemtime 8 місяців тому
Must be nice to be able to visit Cannon AFB, film for a little bit, and then get the hell out. My thoughts and prayers go out to the poor airmen stationed there.
@rafaelpaun1907 8 місяців тому
Or holloman. New Mexico bases suck
@Joeylikeswakkie 8 місяців тому
lol
@bulblast89 8 місяців тому
Well said
@arsenals781 8 місяців тому
We appreciate your thoughts 😂
@Khemtime 8 місяців тому
@@arsenals781 I was one of you until a month ago.
@eliasmai6170 8 місяців тому
it doesn't matter if a pilot is in a fix wing craft. they are just pushing buttons and never have to see their targets up close and personal. if they want uo close and personal, have better digital image processing with better resolutions.
@XX-166 8 місяців тому
So says you from a comfy couch in your home.
@spaceladjack3105 8 місяців тому
In a way yes the pilots are just button pushers and have a minimal role in the decision to strike a target, but in this case it very much does matter that they're not in a manned aircraft. Most fixed-wing aircraft just get orders to boom and zoom on targets in a matter of hours. The MQ-9 crews can do that, but most of the time they observe targets for upwards of months before striking them. All-in-all it is much, much more personal for MQ-9 crews, hence the higher likelihood of PTSD than manned pilots.
@XX-166 8 місяців тому
@@spaceladjack3105 talk to the manned aircraft pilots and you’ll see it’s tough for them also
@Ed.G 2 місяці тому
Who’s here after Houthis shut down this 30 million drone 😂
@syedinchicago7443 7 днів тому
Slingshot shoots 30M drone
@OkiFool66 8 місяців тому
Shout out to LtCol Hill! Loved workin for him!
@salpirwani 8 місяців тому
Airforce: Pilots Wanted. Must have at least 5 yrs of Flight Simulator Gaming Experience! 😂
@syedinchicago7443 7 днів тому
And a free ticket to eternal hellfires on judgement day.
@sujitdsouza 8 місяців тому
Irrespective of a drone or a physical fighter aircraft performing a sortie, the decision has already been made and the mode of execution does the alter the intended outcome however twisted and sinister or justified it might be. You are in the armed forces and the powers that be have spent a lot of money to make sure you have learnt to follow orders.
@onazram1 8 місяців тому
That's right, and as a remote pilot it is not just your decision to kill, it's the entire chain of command. You get a special opportunity to do this very specializes work, don't cry about it after... You know who is plugging up the VA system with patients, kids that volunteer to go into the military to perform a duty, then come home and complain they have PTSD and receive a lifetime of disability because a bomb went off near them or they were shot at!
@sujitdsouza 8 місяців тому
@@onazram1 The veteran's human guilt if any in America's so called shit storms around the world is at least addressed in their medical centres as taking lives can never be justified. Unfortunately nothing changes with the change of guard at the executive level of govt or in Capital Hill. You sign up in the US armed forces to satisfy the agendas of the elite in US govt and Capital Hill. There was 1% inspiration and 99% corruption in the so called War on terror. It should actually have been called War of Terror. Fortunately "to the best of my knowledge", India is no Pakistan for America to openly use armed drones.
@athekosihlubi6133 8 місяців тому
Imagine sitting at home and then boom, you're dead. Simply because some American soldier many miles from you thought you were a threat.
@XX-166 8 місяців тому
Another couch warmer making assertions for a person sitting in the real hot seat following orders
@JustinRM20 8 місяців тому
@@XX-166 That's not the point he's conveying, neither is he making an assertion, as he's presenting a hypothetical situation, which is justified by real-world instances of collateral damage. He's raising a point about the moral implications of drone operations, which you seem to interpret as an attack on the experience of the operators.
@XX-166 8 місяців тому
@@JustinRM20 you seem to assert that you’re a pro and have walked in the shoes of the drone operators. You have zero knowledge and there’s no need to be someone else’s public relations girl… they can speak for themselves.
@JustinRM20 8 місяців тому
@@XX-166 I'm surprised by your ability to discern whether I have knowledge on a subject by a UKposts comment. I wish I had the power to dictate who replies to me (preferably only those who agree with me, those who don't have a Hellfire missile knocking on their roof).
@XX-166 8 місяців тому
@@JustinRM20 save your breath for your inflatable date as that’s no surprise to you goober.
@JAKphoenixify 8 місяців тому
Fun fact: there is a legal function attached to the team that approves targets for termination.
@mskettelhut 8 місяців тому
Not sure why this video is skipping this vital piece of information. Those pilots have layers of approval prior to firing. None of them are firing "at-will".
@JAKphoenixify 8 місяців тому
@@mskettelhut because then some Congress man Or woman will have the bright idea to get involved. I think John Rizzo(CIAs chief legal officer for more than 20 years) stated that they deliberately omitted that info to avoid congress from probing too hard.
@FlyingCircusAct 8 місяців тому
Correct.
@mistjutn_vwj_2gun 8 місяців тому
Do a video the the MQ-1C, US Army.
@christophb2736 8 місяців тому
So having no pilots onboard allows to consult additional staff in the ground control unit. Cause they couldn‘t attach cameras to the drone, if there are pilots in the aircraft?
@tysone1254 8 місяців тому
I see these flying above Fargo ND almost every single day while im working.
@SammyNineFingers 8 місяців тому
20 Years ago you used to see the Happy Hooligans occasionally flying their F-16's. When I transferred to NDSU I lived off-campus and parked at the Fargodome and remember hearing them when they would land or takeoff while I would be walking to class...It was unbearably loud sometimes.
@nickjayr0 8 місяців тому
does it have protection against flares and fuel?
@TheBhumbak 8 місяців тому
There must be empathy training for drone pilots
5 днів тому
the new sat camera technology it so good reduces the need of these.
@andrewmackemzie4565 8 місяців тому
I hear dis dude everywhere.
@mithileshjha2561 5 місяців тому
Very Dangerous MQ-9 Reaper Drone.
@dirtmcgirt6531 8 місяців тому
There is no difference between a conventional pilot and a drone pilot killing people. It's all about the training to avoid 3rd party casualties!
@BijoyKrishna-lv1lq 10 днів тому
Wonderful it's a claver system of territory
@JogBird 8 місяців тому
america can kill a coachroach from halfway across the world, but, cant find money for school bus drivers
@ikematthews6866 8 місяців тому
Maybe because government shouldn’t be in education? Would you trust the state to make iPhones?🤷♂️
@CrimsonAlchemist 8 місяців тому
Or won't stop looters from looting super markets in plain day light
@SexyUndisputed2All 8 місяців тому
Dumbest reply. Trillions spent for military complex buddies and can't spare like .00000001% on its people is what he meant
@majie1018 8 місяців тому
Not the issue here! The real cockroaches are living large in America. Ppl are not a priority. Politicians are only concern about ppl when there’s an election. And ppl need to understand that. Which they haven’t!
@mmerekomoshomo5412 8 місяців тому
Industrial Military Complex
@user-id8iy3vm3g 8 місяців тому
один из лучших каналов по теме
@Marc-uy7hp 8 місяців тому
Excellent video, dispassionate and factual.
@MrApplesaucestuff 8 місяців тому
Lets keep irrelevant news reporters out of this. These people are clueless
@theepicsealshow123 8 місяців тому
explain then since you're so well informed. What drone did you fly?
@LaidbackAF 6 місяців тому
It’s litterally called the “reaper” because it just comes to kill - doesn’t discriminate
@shahzadaslam384 9 днів тому
i think this is better opton than a manned aircraft who is in air all by himself making decisions when he look down on target sky from his cockpit, he is still far from onground situatiion. but in case of drone. he is stilling in a comfortable place with multiple people all around him and in case he can be replaced by another pilot
@papachung6639 8 місяців тому
That lady’s comment about sitting in a fixed wing aircraft was kinda weird. Why specify fixed wing (as opposed to rotary wing, aka helicopters)?
@bhagrt 8 місяців тому
I find it funnier they have their name tapes pulled for anonymity, but their name is with their interview 💀
@paulreza5354 8 місяців тому
Can't wait to buy one. 😆
@tedl8178 2 місяці тому
down by houthi with a 10k weapon, good exchange rate. apparently us dollar is still the strongest
@mrebbesen 8 місяців тому
the one in battlefield 4 was so cool
@thecoolchipys 7 місяців тому
Just got selected as an RPA pilot. Thanks for the video.
@lilytea3 8 місяців тому
0:19: ⚠ The MQ-9 Reaper drone has revolutionized modern warfare, but concerns about civilian casualties and mistakes made by remote pilots have overshadowed its effectiveness. 3:37: ✈ The MQ-9 Reaper is an unmanned aircraft known for its persistence and ability to loiter for long periods of time. 6:41: ✈ The MQ-9 Reaper is an unmanned aircraft equipped with advanced sensors and capable of carrying laser-guided missiles. 9:29: ✈ The Air Force's ground control station allows for additional personnel to assist in missions, such as doctors or survival experts. 12:19: ✈ The video discusses the use of drones in military operations and the importance of precision and accuracy in targeting. 14:44: ✈ The MQ-9 Reaper drone plays a vital role in military operations, but its pilots face emotional burdens and the need for continuous training to minimize civilian casualties. Recap by Tammy AI
@alainportant6412 23 дні тому
stupid ass recap
@Fealinqs 8 місяців тому
I was so close to getting this job on my ASVAB and was depressed because I wanted to protect people without putting myself in danger. I will try again when I get to the end of my mos contract
@papachung6639 8 місяців тому
What branch are you in?
@redhelmet8 8 місяців тому
Casual Opsec reminder boys
@ThespianPrince13 8 місяців тому
Yes, sir! Respec Opsec!
@ugwusomto 10 днів тому
See how complex it is to fly this drone , now imagine the people who built it
@FM-ig3th 8 місяців тому
13:45...Sure Pal, you're not at risk but what about the guy that wears a Scarlett Beret (JTAC)?
@Roocat4 8 місяців тому
Imagine just seeing "reconnecting" when you're flying it
@brentsummers2676 8 місяців тому
It’s something we train for actually
@redhelmet8 8 місяців тому
@@brentsummers2676 Fancy seeing you here :)
@spaceladjack3105 8 місяців тому
@@brentsummers2676 Really is fancy seeing you here wow
@BariumCobaltNitrog3n 8 місяців тому
The pilot doesn't "decide" to kill people, he doesn't have any participation of who gets killed or why. That's like blaming gun deaths (guns don't kill people, bullets do, they say) on firing pins because the pin literally, physically sends the bullet out to kill someone. The pilot starts a firing sequence based on criteria authorized way up the pay scale. He should have the decency and common sense to not talk about his job and stop pretending he is a murderer. He didn't fly around looking for civilians and dropping bombs on them. And even if he made a mistake that killed the wrong people, his job is TO KILL PEOPLE.
@ricardomckenzie5568 8 місяців тому
This say a lot about what's going on in the world.
@Scrimm_ 7 місяців тому
If these guys in the video just handle launch and recovery, who is actually behind the stick during the mission?
@TurboWorld 29 днів тому
One of these just cruised my house bro. For an hour. Houston Texas. @1am to 2am 4.5.24 what the entire fawk
@hieuho12345 8 місяців тому
I saw a reaper one time at work those suckers are silent you don’t even hear it in the air lol
@fnc8049 8 місяців тому
Looks like some soldiers might be able to work from home very soon.
@bblwarrantydepartment981 8 місяців тому
“Cultural sensitivity and being embedded w a community “ lady wtf are you talking about. Our military is targeting the worst of the worst
@DaveSmith-cp5kj 5 місяців тому
These days the government finds more solidarity with terrorists than their own citizens or servicemen.
@AbdennacerAyeb 8 місяців тому
How on earth a man can sleep, and get back to home after killing 7 civilians people.
@Chitownprince83 8 місяців тому
Children too! The propaganda machine is very powerful
@ethanwake7759 8 місяців тому
Like this. 😴 🛌
@chandelier6811 8 місяців тому
Probably because he didn’t know that he killed children
@yuyinn 8 місяців тому
The us military should be held responsable for the well being of the killed civilians families and everything , they just wash their hands saying “collateral damages” as is humans /kids , civilians are things !
@All.Eyes.on.Palestine 2 місяці тому
😂 Yemenis destroyed your 30 million dollar drone
@XxBillyGoatNinjaxX 7 днів тому
replaceable
@jodgo26metal 8 місяців тому
Beavis and Butthead gonna love playing that thing
@Firedog105 8 місяців тому
The fact they took off their nameplates tells a lot.
@ik5852 8 місяців тому
i mean would u want ur last name on display to a reporter and to youtube
@MADmosche 8 місяців тому
They can pilot them from much further away than 1600 miles. The drones in the Middle East are piloted from Nevada. Get your info correct 😮
@bncoriginals 8 місяців тому
Yeah boy.
@user-tq9do2bd2w 8 місяців тому
""Enemy UAV in the area"
@nancysmith9487 8 місяців тому
One of those can help Hawaii
@kabenitezguy 8 місяців тому
the guy who’s talking needs to do an f-150 commercial “built ford tough”
@tanfrederika2123 8 місяців тому
Air force is the coolest cool coolesf
@andrewwayne777 8 місяців тому
"You can't just willy nilly cause civilian harm" Russian commanders: "hold my vodka blin, watch dis cyka!"
@DaveSmith-cp5kj 5 місяців тому
Russians may get flack for the Moscow Theater Crisis, but you go to hand it to them, they stopped domestic terrorism better than when Bill Clinton, Obama, and Biden gave terrorists billions of dollars in return for hostages and incentivize terror.
@JigilJigil 8 місяців тому
Did you know the Iranian people call Qassem Soleimani "Kotlet" after he was killed by MQ-9 Reaper, Kotlet is an Iranian food, simliar to a hamburger that is made with meat and potato, after Soleimani was killed, the term became popular among the Iranian people, that's how much the Iranian people despise the regime and it's people.
@vijayroy6358 8 місяців тому
Drones are one of next level thing which mankind has discovered
@jimmyboe25 8 місяців тому
Crazy part is they have been around since the 60’s
@vijayroy6358 8 місяців тому
@@jimmyboe25 intresting
@mackyme001 7 місяців тому
I remember Soundwave from Transformers Prime on this Plane.
@michaelanderson3096 3 місяці тому
Canada's airforce just brought some of these drones 😮. Good investment for boarder protection. The only monopolies the federal government should have: Currency, Military & boarder security.
@MC-di7op 8 місяців тому
I was always under the impression that a lot of the strikes in the middle east were conducted from US mainland. Is that not the case? Because here they say the Reaper has a range of 1,600mi. Or are they talking about different drones?
@User-rka_zykx76 8 місяців тому
The can be operated in Texas but are kept overseas. At least from what I understood
@AndrewGBernhardt 5 місяців тому
Drone pilots are seeing the same thing a regular pilot would see. There's little difference.
@capt.ronaldspeirs1591 8 місяців тому
reconnaissance: Keşif
@ryand141 19 днів тому
Some chick walked in to the propeller of one of those drones while testing it.
@joewatson1625 8 місяців тому
Why are nameplates off and names blacked out
@Alguien644 8 місяців тому
How do you even land that
@GokuLevelKi 8 місяців тому
9:55 Video editors doxing when the guy removed his name tag from his uniform.
@gloob7632 8 місяців тому
Probably just his first name
@AkiffHssn 7 місяців тому
In any credentials for drone to be develop as a Small Flare Drone Fexible manoeuvres ✨like the Fighter Jet if it's applicable for small towns civilians protection aviation.
@user-bf2up2hb3d 24 дні тому
I want one soooo bad
@PortuguesePirate99 8 місяців тому
I see a military video and automatically hear the narrators voice🤣 The guy has a badass voice for these videos
@triedge6200 8 місяців тому
2:12 lady this is war…. Ur enemy will not feel the same for you. Create more streamlined process for identifying vehicles and better training
@chltmdwp 8 місяців тому
I thought the Air force decomissionsed the reaper drones?
@sanjayvaidya4925 4 місяці тому
Meanwhile. As tensions continue to run high in the volatile Middle Eastern Region, some defense officials have informed the media that the Houthi militant group, backed by Iran, shot down a US MQ-9 Reaper Drone off the coast of Yemen.
@n5gus 8 місяців тому
Ah the famous wedding killing machine
@udornyc 29 днів тому
*P107 pilots* will understand: the Reaper that collided with the Russian craft (16:51), obviously did not have a *VO* present to scan the airspace! 😁
@wilmersonclavaton8231 8 місяців тому
Who will be held accountable if they made a mistake and killed civilians?
@sourovdas7883 8 місяців тому
me
@crunchTwist 8 місяців тому
Him
@wilmersonclavaton8231 8 місяців тому
😅😂🤣
@evilbred974 8 місяців тому
The pilot or mission commander just like any other aircraft.
@trader2137 8 місяців тому
no one, who cares
@travelingsweatpantsproduct9851 3 місяці тому
I'd be curious to know what the communications delay time is. Unclassified of course. 100mS? 1000mS? From the time the pilot makes an input until the aircraft acts upon that input.
@codydennis5884 Місяць тому
3 secs from pilot input to the satellite to the aircraft to the input commanding the servos back to the satellite to the screen to pilot receiving change to the input. They teach you to be deliberate with your control inputs. After a while you forget about the delay and flying something with no delay is weird.
@travelingsweatpantsproduct9851 Місяць тому
@@codydennis5884 Thank you. Amazing technology. I come from the early 80's when GPS was 1 person in a 12 man squad had a huge ruck to carry at Erwin so the Starwars facility could monitor.
@marchlopez9934 8 місяців тому
The MQ-9 Reaper drone has become a crucial part of modern warfare, with its portability and long-range capabilities allowing it to reach remote locations. However, the use of drones has also been controversial due to concerns about civilian casualties. In August 2022, the Pentagon finalized a civilian harm mitigation and response action plan to address this issue. The MQ-9 Reaper is piloted from a ground control station, which can be located up to 1600 miles away from the drone. The drone's missions include gathering intelligence, surveillance, combat search and rescue, providing close air support, and precision strikes. The Air Force has been operating remotely piloted aircraft for a couple of decades now, with the MQ-1 Predator being modified to fire missiles in 2001. The MQ-9 Reaper succeeded the Predator with advanced capabilities and longer endurance. Drone pilots are trained to avoid harm to innocent civilians, with a process in place to ensure the correct target is identified and any collateral damage is accounted for. However, mistakes have occurred in the past due to the emotional distance between the pilot and the target. The use of drones in modern warfare is a controversial topic due to concerns about civilian casualties. The Pentagon has developed a plan to address this issue, and drone pilots are trained to minimize harm to innocent civilians.
@waleededoo6134 8 місяців тому
Did you have chat GPT write this?
@marchlopez9934 8 місяців тому
@@waleededoo6134 UKposts Summarizer
@evanshannon 5 місяців тому
Yes, thank you, we watched the video.
@CarolinaRagingReaper 16 днів тому
Do They Deliver CarolinaRagingReapers Though 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@_us.m.an_ 8 місяців тому
Providing freedom to resourceful countries
@allyssaluebke 8 днів тому
WAPO reporter doesn't know what "fixed wing" means. A pilot flying an MQ9 is, in fact, flying a fixed wing aircraft.
@timothyfrolo8328 29 днів тому
I’d be wonderful for the job in my humble opinion. Let me go check.
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