Photos: UAVs land in the Smithsonian

Pilots in Nevada see what the Predator sees through the camera mounted under the aircraft's nose. Maintenance is still done in local hangars, like this one at Bagram. A larger, faster, more heavily armed version of the UAV, known both as the Predator B and as the Reaper, has also gone into service. Both aircraft are built by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems.

Photo by U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Demetrius Lester

Caption by Jonathan Skillings