Singapore (CNN) -- Lior Peleg cuts an incongruous figure at the Singapore Airshow. Among the suited middle-aged men selling military hardware she looks more like a beach-loving backpacker, casually dressed in a black tank-top with a camera slung around her neck. But what really marks her out among all the arms salesmen touting the newest military technology -- "lethal but affordable" reads one sign above a missile manufacturer -- is that she one of the few people present with operational military experience. She's a former drone pilot for the Israeli military and represents the new face of air force pilots.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles -- drones -- now a huge part of military operations across globe
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Congressional paper: United States has nearly 7,500 UAVs of all sizes and capabilities
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Analysts predict half of U.S. military aircraft will be unmanned within five years
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UAVs in missions raise questions over role of humans in combat environments
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