(I never realized just how huge those things are until seeing this picture)
Not enough officer pilots as they're dropping out. I wonder if it's because they signed up to fly the real thing and not these.
"Integrating enlisted pilots into the RQ-4 [Global Hawk] community enables the Air Force to meet mission requirements as the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance mission grows, while providing an opportunity to our highly skilled enlisted force," said Chief Master Sgt. Eric Rigby, enlisted aircrew assignments chief at AFPC.
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