Comments by "Hardtack \x26 Beans" (@hardtackbeans9790) on "Royal Marine Reacts To How Fighter Pilots Train To Fly The Marine Corps’ F-35B | Boot Camp!" video.

I know I'm late to comments. But you ask 'when does an easier to fly jet get to the point of being a drone'. The F-35 has one defining feature . . . In it's network capability. I'm not aware of the secret numbers, but if the plane has 32 command channels for example. The one plane could be a strike group of that one plane + 32 drones. And strike drones are now in service or about to be. There would probably be a flight of 2 F-35's with a swarm of drones under one of the plane's command. While the other flies top cap or jamming or whatever the mission calls for. Many other planes are faster, more heavily armed, etc, etc. But look for some amazing things you may hear about on the news in coming years about what the F-35 does with it's network.
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