Journeys Into the Unconscious Mind

Journeys Into the Unconscious Mind

Why Drone Pilots Kill Themselves

Exploring The Unique Stress Of Committing Remote Murder (Vol. 2; Issue 23)

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Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD
Jul 01, 2022
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A spectacular oxymoron, the phrase, military intelligence, captures the US Air Force’s (AF) historical attitude towards their drone aviators. These video-console pilots sit in air-conditioned shipping crates in the blazing hot, desert-deadness of Nevada; they stare at large, high-resolution monitors, operating controls which look like airplane simulator…

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