Mr B,
Best be careful about shooting your mouth off and trying to discredit others before you are sure your facts are straight.
I can assure you that the current tranch of UAV flyers do "live" in Nevada and det's are pretty much optional (for the brits). Even if you do deploy during the tour, I can assure you it will be less time spent in the sand than 90% of any other RAF sqn over the course of a tour.