(Front row) Staff Sgts. Adam Rosen, Jason Peterson, (back row) Staff Sgt. Jeremy Reid, Senior Airman Robert Babian, and Airman 1st Class Ronald Shortledge are the graduates of the inaugural Basic Sensor Operator Course taught at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. The course prepares enlisted members for careers as Unmanned Aircraft Systems Sensor Operators. (U.S. Air Force photo/Steve Thurow)

Tech. Sgt. Michael Arroyo (left), a Basic Sensor Operator Training course instructor, gives a final briefing to students (from left to right) Staff Sgt. Jason Peterson, Staff Sgt. Adam Rosen, Airman 1st Class Ronald Shortledge, Senior Airman Robert Babian and Staff Sgt. Jeremy Reid, prior to their graduation Sept. 18, following 20 days of academic instruction. Upon graduation, students in this inaugural class will earn the Air Force Specialty Code 1U0X1, sensor operators. (U.S. Air Force photo/Rich McFadden)

Randolph AFB, TX, 18 Sep 09: Chief Master Sergeant James Guertin, Air Force Personnel Center Command Career Enlisted Force Manager for Unmanned Aerial Systems Opertaors, Gives the commencement speach at the first ever Basic Sensor Operators Course graduation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Rich McFadden)

Chief Master Sgt. James Guertin, Air Force Personnel Center Command Career Enlisted Force Manager for Unmanned Aerial Systems Operators, gives the commencement speech at the inaugural Basic Sensor Operator Course graduation at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 18. (U.S. Air Force photo/Rich McFadden)