Revealed: 64 Drone Bases on American Soil

We like to think of the drone
war as something far away, fought in the deserts of Yemen or the
mountains of Afghanistan. But we now know it’s closer than we thought.
There are 64 drone bases on American soil. That includes 12 locations
housing Predator and Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles, which can be
armed.

Public Intelligence, a non-profit that advocates for free access to information, released a map of military UAV activities in the United States on Tuesday. Assembled from military sources — especially this little-known June 2011 Air Force presentation
(.pdf) — it is arguably the most comprehensive map so far of the spread
of the Pentagon’s unmanned fleet. What exact missions are performed at
those locations, however, is not clear. Some bases might be used as
remote cockpits to control the robotic aircraft overseas, some for drone
pilot training. Others may also serve as imagery analysis depots.