Rise of the Drones – UAVs After 9/11

[Carsten Wiethoff]

How many active squadrons are there?

To partly answer my question: http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Air_Forc...g_999.html

The 432nd wing has six operational squadrons, one maintenance squadron, with six Reapers and 60 Predators. These squadrons are projected to fly 75,000 hours this year, 85 percent being combat operations, said Col. Eric Mathewson, who assumed command of the 432nd Operations Group. The Predator is currently being used in Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom for intelligence surveillance reconnaissance and tactical missions, flown by pilots and sensor operators in the United States.

These are 2007 numbers.