"...do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic..."

"For the good of the Air Force, for the good of the armed services and for the good of our country, I urge you to reject convention and careerism..."
- Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Maxwell AFB, April 21, 2008

"You will need to challenge conventional wisdom and call things like you see them to subordinates and superiors alike."
- Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, United States Air Force Academy, March 4, 2011

Sunday, May 18, 2025

Finally, an Unmanned Fighter Aircraft

For roughly two decades I have been scratching my head at the lack of an unmanned fighter aircraft.  I blogged about it back in 2009 in a post entitled Why I Believe UAVs are Better Than Manned Fighters and it led to some decent conversation in the comments section.  Since then an AI pilot flying a limited F-16 (limited by Gs like a human would be) was able to beat a manned fighter one hundred percent of the time.  And now the YFQ-44A, that has discarded those arbitrary limits that only apply to humans, is being made known to the public.  It's about time.


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