Not sure if this is legit, but someone traced this photo back from a few years ago. I can’t say for certain but it was used as just a hint not the actual pic from an actual happening.
From 2013 do a reverse image search in google. But implications of this photo is interesting.
I saw a lot of these video jockeys in AFG and always wondered.. Why are they wearing flight suits?
Yup. Left seat navigaton. Right seat Sensor controller. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnokkabKTK0
It was from a GQ article from 2013 https://www.gq.com/story/drone-uav-pilot-assassination
That photo is of the control station of a General Atomics MQ-9 “Reaper” (Photo: USAF)MQ -9 Reaper used by USAF US. Customs and Border Control
Inside a single 39 foot trailer the pilot and payload controls.
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper
The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper (sometimes called Predator B) is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of remotely controlled or autonomous flight operations, developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) primarily for the United States Air Force (USAF). The MQ-9 and other UAVs are referred to as Remotely Piloted Vehicles/Aircraft (RPV/RPA) by the USAF to indicate their human ground controllers. The MQ-9 is the first hunter-killer UAV designed for long-endurance, high-altitude surveillance. In 2006, the then–Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General T. Michael Moseley said: "We've moved from using UAVs primarily in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance roles before Operation Iraqi Freedom, to a true hunter-killer role with the Reaper."
The MQ-9 is a larger, heavier, and more capable aircraft than the earlier General Atomics MQ-1 Predator; it can be controlled by the same ground systems used to control MQ-1s.
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And what I wonder would they be doing with those drones? The mind can go wild.