Don’t take me too seriously, C-XI-P, please. Was just trying, again, to make the point that, except for close support, the human-pilot-carrying attack craft’s days are numbered. Pilots weigh too much and are both too fragile and too vulnerable. The knights of the air of the future may soon find themselves faring no better against swarms of cheap drones than the “Flower of French Knighthood” did against the longbowmen at Agincourt.
Ah, gotcha.
Don’t think we’ve reached that day just yet, but I agree that it’s coming up fast—who knows, maybe the F-22/F-35 combo will be the last for manned fighters. But then again, maybe manned aircraft will persevere.