As Stress Drives Off Drone Operators, Air Force Must Cut Flights By CHRISTOPHER DREW and DAVE PHILIPPS

After a decade of waging long-distance war through their video screens, America’s drone operators are burning out, and the Air Force is being forced to cut back on the flights even as military and intelligence officials are demanding more of them over intensifying combat zones in Iraq, Syria and Yemen. The Air Force plans to trim the flights by the armed surveillance drones to 60 a day by …