An MQ-9 Reaper taxis out to the runway at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., for a training mission. The crew for the MQ-9 is a pilot and a sensor operator, who operate the aircraft from a remotely located ground control station. The MQ-9 Reaper is assigned to the 42nd Attack Squadron, part of the 432d Wing and 432d Air Expeditionary Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Steve Huckvale)

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Air Force unmanned aircraft featured on '60 Minutes'

Published May 11, 2009

SAN ANTONIO (AFNS) -- CBS correspondent Lara Logan hosted a 60 Minutes segment May 10 on the Air Force's unmanned aircraft systems and featured the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper. During the piece she interviewed Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz and Col. Chris Chambliss, commander of the 432d Wing and 432d Air Expeditionary Wing at Creech Air Force Base, Nev.

Ms. Logan covers UAS operations from tracking enemy forces on the ground in Southwest Asia to behind-the-scenes operations back at Creech AFB where crews fly the unmanned aircraft. The segment, which lasts a little more than 13 minutes, can be viewed at http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5004882n

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