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Strike on ISIS Drone Unit Highlights Novel Intelligence Methods


(Military.com) Oriana Pawlyk - A U.S. airman in Virginia spotted a piece of intelligence thousands of miles away. Ten days later, U.S. planes bombed 11 sites in the Middle East where American military officials say Islamic State militants manufactured deadly drones. Air Force Lt. Gen. VeraLinn Jamieson, the service's deputy chief of staff for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, said in an interview at the Pentagon on Thursday that Senior Airman Jean was able to maneuver her way through the data in large part because of her training in critical analysis and observation. The airman was working on intelligence from drones and spy planes when she spotted an anomaly. As a result, more than 10 facilities with parts of small drones controlled by ISIS were destroyed because "of one senior airman identifying a signal," Jamieson said.
2017-02-24 00:00:00
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