Jan 102012
Almost 1 In 3 U.S. Warplanes Is a Robot
The fighter jocks are, I’m sure, not pleased about the trajectory of the USAF towards an overwhelmingly unmanned fleet of fighters and bombers. The money quote:
…the military has 7,494 drones. Total number of old school, manned aircraft: 10,767 planes.
Sounds bad for the Top Gunners. However, of those roboplanes, 5,346 are US Army RQ-11 Ravens. While neato, the Raven is not as yet a direct threat to planes such as the F-16.
