"Protector" is to be Certifiable Predator B

[camelspyyder]

Originally Posted by ORAC

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...syria-and-iraq

Australian pilots drafted to help fly UK drones over Syria and Iraq

Australian Military Pilots and Sensors have been embedded in USAF MQ-9 Squadrons too since 2015.
They are there to retain skills / gain experience before their own aircraft are delivered.
Rather like our seedcorn cadre for Maritime did pre-P8 buy.

Surely the more contentious part of the article deals with civilian contactors now being used to fly armed RAF aircraft?
A great idea in my view that releases 7 UK Reaper crews from the rolling Launch/Recovery programme to fly as Mission Crew instead.