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Thursday, March 07, 2013  The White House says President Barack Obama does not have the authority to use a drone to kill a U.S. citizen on American soil if the citizen is not engaged in combat.

Thursday, February 21, 2013  Imagine looking up toward the sky one day and realizing that many of the aircraft flying overhead would be unmanned, meaning no pilot.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012  Drones operated by the New York Air National Guard will begin firing live missiles for the first time during training at Fort Drum.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012  The New York Air National Guard's Syracuse-based fighter wing is changing its name to reflect the unit's switch from flying fighter aircraft to operating remotely piloted drones.

Monday, June 18, 2012  New York's Air National Guard, Naval Militia and the U.S. Coast Guard are holding search-and-rescue and security training exercises on Lake Ontario involving unmanned Reaper drones and small boat crews.

Thursday, March 01, 2012  The remaining five Hancock drone resisters were sentenced in Dewitt Town Court Wednesday afternoon.

Thursday, December 01, 2011  A DeWitt town judge has found more than two dozen protesters guilty of disorderly conduct after a protest against unmanned drones.

Friday, April 22, 2011  It was a peaceful protest that ended with dozens in handcuffs.

Saturday, January 15, 2011  Proposal to Adironacks Parks Agency

Friday, December 18, 2009  The top U.S. military officer said recent computer hacking of information from U.S. drones caused no significant military damage.

Thursday, December 17, 2009  The MQ-9 Reaper can stay over the battlefield for more than fifteen hours compared to just two hours for the F-16.

Friday, March 20, 2009  New York's renowned Air National Guard 174th Fighter Wing will take to the skies one final time in their F-16s.