Drone Pilots Are Found to Get Stress Disorders Much as Those in Combat Do

By JAMES DAO 11:02 PM ET

U.S. Air Force/Master Sgt. Steve Horton

Capt. Richard Koll, left, and Airman First Class Mike Eulo monitored a drone aircraft after launching it in Iraq.

A Defense Department study, the first of its kind, showed that pilots of drone aircraft experience mental health problems much like those of pilots who are deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan.