Did they have any idea where to search for the missing Predator pilot?
A combat search and rescue unit geared up to launch a mission. spy satellites and U-2 reconnaissance jets.Īn unintentionally humorous phone call an Army captain received in the Predator unit tent in Albania underscores what a novelty drone warfare was in that era. Within a year it deployed in combat, helping the military track Serbian artillery movements over mountainous Bosnia, where cloud cover hindered U.S. The modern Predator had its first flight on July 3, 1994. "For the first time in history, it would be possible to target and kill an enemy much the way a sniper does – from ambush, and with precision – but from the other side of the world," Whittle writes. Now pilots parked in the United States could fly Predators thousands of miles away, dodging political sensitivities overseas. Big Safari personnel helped the Predator evolve beyond its original surveillance mission by adding laser-designation for targets, as well as a technological workaround to allow "split operations."
The various government agencies and military units involved include a secretive Air Force organization called Big Safari adept in creative weaponry.
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