Historical

  • First Warfare drones

    This Date is when drones were officially introduced by the United States
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    Drone Warfare since World War 1

    The investigation of use of the remote control drones in warfare to the present day.
  • Drones used as UAVS

    This is the year the United states used drones to spy and to train Air Force personnel
  • 1940 WW2 German Drones

    During WW2 The Germans created a Drone called the V1 flying bomb also known as the Buzz Bomb
  • GB1 Glide Bomb built

    In the mid-1940s the GB-1 Glide Bomb was developed to avoid German air defenses.
  • Culver PQ8

    In 1940, the US Army selected the Culver Cadet for a full size target drone. This drone was remote controlled and also had a microphone with it.
  • Reconnaissance Drones

    This UAV drone was the only drone of its type that was availiable to the U.S in this time.
  • Surveilance in Cuba

    In May of 1964, the U.S. first began to send drones to do spy missions over Cuba.
  • First attack after 9-11

    The first ever CIA drone attack was a disaster. It was meant to be a attack on Osama Bin Laden but they killed civillians instead
  • Reaper

    In 2007 the Reaper was developed. Its a bombing drone that hovers high up in the air. This drone was built by the British.
  • Obama wants more Drones

    In 2012 Obama talks to U.S officials about building more drones to spy and take down threats in the middle east