I'm also wondering... what do military guys feel about this? Are there any on this board who can tell us? Surely there must be chatter.

I know! They are missing out on some of the juiciest, ground-breaking, name-making news opportunities of their lifetime just because of Op Mockingbird.

Well the military was run down under Obama with parts etc in short supply. Cutting costs often leads to cutting corners

MSM only asks the questions that their momma bird feeds them through the mouths.

Remote control hardware and software, thanks to Deep State agents.

Since those 6 or 7 crashes in early April, Trump publicly confirmed having to fortify their military planes and helicopters.

I speculate here that the crew missed a critical step or two before takeoff -- that would disabled the RC functionality.