The groundbreaking blog visits the Air Force's school for its elite drone pilots. An excerpt:

"I knew right away that I was facing some stiff competition," Ghostbuster said. "As soon as I walked in the building, there were all these pilots who were overweight and soft and pale, and their faces were covered in acne. You don't get that kind of body without hours and hours in the cockpit [sic], away from the light of the day. These guys were the real deal."

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Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military for the Washington Post from 2000 through 2008.

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