I take it you got it from this page:
Hundreds of US fighter aces reassigned as drone pilots | The Register
I'm not entirely sure about this, but isn't the term "hundreds of US fighter aces" mis-used? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe we even have hundreds of US fighter aces.
As for the actual article. Yeah, I suppose that would be the equivalent of being demoted or something. No fun...
