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Ukraine's Drone Pilot Schools Scramble To Train Combat Flyers
Scripps News
January 3, 2023
In a conflict increasingly defined by drone warfare, Ukraine’s military realized how urgently it needs thousands more drone pilots.
And so it began creating, from scratch, around the country, academies that offer week-long basic training courses.
Instructors, some of them civilians who were simply enjoying a hobby before Russia invaded, have suddenly become a new asset to Ukraine's military.
By the end of last year, nationwide, Ukraine's scratch drone schools had trained nearly 10,000 men and women.
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