I talked with an O-6 at RND about this, and it does appear the UAV draft is coming soon. It was supposed to start in the next drop coming down in a week or two, but last word is that it is probably on hold for a bit. What is worrying about the delay is the unanswered question of will they back fill the UVAs by selecting perhaps several studs per drop once they start the draft to make up for the delay in starting.

As for the training track, the AF wants to go the route of selecting people who could not qualify for pilot training, getting them their civilian ratings so they can fly in the NAS, then training them on the UAVs themselves. The problem right now is, per AF regs, they can't take these people who can't medically qualilfy for flying duty even though this won't involve actual flying. They are working to resolve this issuse, but as with everything governmental, it is a huge bureaucratic process and will take a while. Til then, GEN Mosley's order stands, and winged pilots will be filling the UAVs.