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Former Air Force drone operator says the job isn't like a video game. 'There's not a single game in the world that can prep you.'

"My first strike was January 28th, 2013, at 6:49 in the morning," Tanner Yackley told Business Insider's Maggie Cai in a recent interview. "It ended up being a cave in the middle of nowhere, and there ...
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Why Tackling Iranian Drones Is A Job For Israel’s Helicopter Gunships

Dramatic videos are emerging of Israeli AH-64 Apache helicopters shooting down Iranian attack drones. The advanced U.S.-supplied helicopters are pursuing and destroying propeller-driven drones with ...
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Former Air Force drone operator says the job isn't like a video game. 'There's not a single game in the world that can prep you.'

Tanner Yackley served in the military for eight years, from 2010 to 2018. He spent most of his time at a base in the US, operating drones on the other side of the world. He said a common misconception ...