Capt. Sam Allen, 563rd Flying Training Squadron instructor and Unmanned Aircraft Systems Fundamentals Course director at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, operates the controls of a battlespace simulator in the course's laboratory.
Sgt. Donald Melvin (left), an unmanned aerial vehicle mechanic with 1st Cavalry Division in Baghdad, and Spc. Stephen Cantrell (right), prep an unmanned aircraft system for a launch.