Active Duty ping.
I was with the drones downrange, from the Ravens and Shadows all the way up to the MQ-1.
No commissioned officer was anywhere to be found. The UAV platoons were all run by CW2’s. The operators of the MQ-1’s I worked with were all USAF E-6’s.
PLUS: as of a few years ago, the MQ-9’s are staying as USAF assets, but the MQ-1’s are being farmed out to the Air National Guard. There’s one squadron based out of Whiteman, the other at Nellis.