Bruce Ottenwess conducts pre-flight checks before launching the MQ-1 Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle recently from Balad Air Base, Iraq. Mr. Ottenwess is a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Airframe and power plant mechanic based out of Creech Air Force Base, Nev. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)