"April 15, 2012: One thing many junior American military officers still complain about is the resistance of their superiors (most of them) to innovation and change. This was particularly notable in the last decade, with lots of combat operations (where innovation and change can save your life) and reservists (who can't help but bring in new ideas) mobilized for active duty to force change on reluctant commanders and bureaucrats. In many cases the reluctant superiors were forced to accept change and innovation, because there was a war going on and to do otherwise they could be accused of getting their own troops killed through inaction. But in peacetime, which is most of the time, the senior officers have no incentive to change, and even greater incentives (the desire to get promoted) to "..............................................................
My guess is we will
not know until it is deployed in combat. The stealth bomber was around for quite a time before anyone with out a need to know knew.
Had a friend who was on a military flight that stopped over at a base that had them. All he knew was there was something there under tight wraps.
If you were on the ground would you feel more secure knowing that the very close air support you called in was coming from an "in the cockpit pilot" or from a guy at a computer 5,000+ miles away?
Photo-fish wrote: If you were on the ground would you feel more secure knowing that the very close air support you called in was coming from an "in the cockpit pilot" or from a guy at a computer 5,000+ miles away?
Having watched close air support, up close and personal, given today's known technology a pilot in the cockpit would be my choice.
