xerxes xerxes:
Manned planes still have their uses. But we should cancel our order for the F-25's if it's not too late and go to Saab.
Regular aircraft have always been dominant over land they already control. Starting over Hostumel airport up to today, neither side in Russias invasion of Ukraine can use aircraft over the others territory. Drones regularly take down Helos and aircraft that are on the ground. MANPADS take down ballistic and cruise missiles. The air is no longer a place that something can't reach out and touch you.

Tricks Tricks:
You'll always need conventional weapons when some giant nerd takes down your drones

The battlefield is rapidly changing. First there were drone jammers. Then there were drones using unjammable fibre optics. Now there are hunter drones that cut the fibers Soon there will be drones that can see and recognize targets on their own, which cannot be jammed because they are autonomous.
War has always driven technological innovation.
