Thursday, October 23, 2008

Air Force creates new pilot programs for drones

Scrambling to meet commanders’ insatiable demands for unmanned aircraft, the Air Force is launching two new training programs, including an experimental one that would churn out up to 1,100 desperately needed pilots to fly the drones over Iraq and Afghanistan. As many as 700 Air Force personnel have expressed some interest in the test program, which [...] "eliotcobb.com"

Wall Street retreated again Thursday as fears about the health of the economy scared off bargain hunters who had briefly given the market a lift after two days of selling. The Dow Jones industrials fell about 200 points, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index fell more than 3 percent after online retailer Amazon.com lowered its [...] "eliotcobb.com"

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