Drones have been making the news a lot lately due to their use in the War on Terror and, more recently, stateside by police forces. In the latest batch of drone news, last Friday, the Federal Aviation Association (FAA) cleared two unmanned aerial vehicles, known popularly as drones, for commercial use. This will allow businesses to fully operate drones in American airspace. Click through the jump to find out who will be the first to use these drones.
U.S. Drone Strike Kills Al Qaeda Leader
Al Qaeda Leader, Sheik Khalid Bin Abdel Rehman Al-Hussainan, has been killed in Pakistan after a U.S. drone strike. The drone strike occurred on Thursday in a Pakistan tribal region near the border of Afghanistan. Al-Hussainan was currently the senior leader of the Pakistan Al Qaeda group and the second in overall command. Al-Hussainan become second in command after a U.S. drone strike back in June took out the top leader. The U.S. is hopeful that the loss of one of the leaders will set Al-Qaeda back. Read more below. Julie A.
