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Embracing the RPA Evolution

机译：拥抱RPA演进

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The Air Force has retired roughly 250 manned fighter aircraft since the middle of the past decade, and the service's Fiscal 2013 budget plan will send another 123 fighters into retirement. USAF purchased roughly 300 medium-size MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft (RPAs) in that time. Also since 2005, USAF has shrunk by 25,552 airmen and the Fiscal 2013 budget sheds another 10,000. As fighter units shrank, 4,000 airmen shifted into RPA processing, exploitation, and dissemination missions. Other airmen flowed in to serve as maintainers, pilots, and sensor operators supporting the growing Predator and Reaper inventories. Do these opposite trend lines mean RPAs are replacing the Air Force's fighters? Absolutely not. Specific transitions have been controversial, however. Established fighter units are often dismayed to hear they will give up the aircraft they know and love in exchange for a radically different system. The Air Force has been criticized from all sides for the way it has handled its RPAs over the past decade. RPA advocates, including former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, accused the service of dragging its feet in fielding and institutionalizing the systems. According to one common claim, USAF does not want RPAs because the service's macho fighter pilot culture wants no part of aircraft flown by remote control and frequently derided as "drones."
机译：自过去十年中以来，空军已退役了约250架载人战斗机，该部门的2013财年预算计划将使另外123架战斗机退役。美国空军当时购买了大约300架中型MQ-1“捕食者”和MQ-9“收割者”远程驾驶飞机（RPA）。同样，自2005年以来，美国空军已经缩减了25,552名飞行员，而2013财年的预算又减少了10,000名。当战斗机部队萎缩时，有4,000名飞行员转移到RPA的处理，开发和传播任务中。其他飞行员进驻，担任维护者，飞行员和传感器操作员，以支持不断增加的捕食者和收割者库存。这些相反的趋势线是否意味着RPA正在取代空军的战斗机？绝对不。但是，具体的转换一直存在争议。既定的战斗机部队常常不高兴听到他们将放弃自己熟悉和喜爱的飞机，以换取根本不同的系统。在过去十年中，空军因处理RPA的方式而受到各方批评。 RPA的拥护者，包括前国防部长罗伯特·盖茨（Robert Gates），都指责其在部署系统并使之制度化方面拖延了脚步。根据一项普遍的主张，美国空军不希望使用RPA，因为该部门的男子气概战斗机飞行员文化不需要遥控飞机，而是经常被嘲笑为“无人机”。

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