Thirteen American service members have been killed and nearly 400 wounded since the United States began military operations against Iran in late February. Right now, as you read this, American ground crews are repairing runways, constructing protective barriers, and clearing debris from airfields across the Middle East so our aircraft can keep flying.

They are doing it in the open, under Iranian missiles and drones. Every one of them is exposed. Every one of them is at risk. The technology to do that work without a single human being in harm’s way exists today. It is deployed. It is ready. The decision to use it in Iran is the only thing missing.