Joystick pilot

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A joystick pilot (engl. Joystick pilot ) is a pilot that controls as a suitable aircraft from outside from a control center or is authorized to do so. The remote-controlled aircraft are mostly so-called drones ( UAV , UAS or UCAV ).

This profession has played an increasingly important role in the air force since the Iraq war . For the first time in 2009, the US Air Force is training more joystick pilots than pilots for fighters and bombers.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ UAV = unmanned aircraft vehicle , UAS = unmanned aircraft system , UCAV = unmanned combat air vehicle
  2. ↑ Source: Newsweek , September 29, 2009, pp. 54–56, "Attack of the Drones", here online .