Brandon Bryant

Former drone operator and US Air Force veteran, founder Project Red Hand

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Keynote speaker at #DNL1 DRONES · Eyes from Above

Brandon Bryant is the he founder of Project Red Hand, a project that advocates for transparency, questioning the nature of justice, open access to the Internet, and veteran support. He joined the US Air Force in 2005, started training for the drone program April 12th of 2006, flew his first mission on December 3rd of that year, and fired his first hellfire shot on January 26th the following year. After leaving active duty on July 4th of 2011, he was the first drone operator to publicly speak out about the realities of the program. Seen on Democracy Now, CNN, Fox, published in GQ, Time Magazine, and collaborating on the the first article by The Intercept, Brandon seeks to answer all questions and get as much information to the public as possible. He was a part of Robert Greenwald’s documentary Unmanned and in Tonje Hessen Schei’s documentary Drone. He has spoken in front of the Security Council, and schools and parliaments across Europe.