When is the the last time a fighter pilot got shot down? Or a bomber pilot? Lets face it, the Air Force has historically been a very low risk service to be involved in. An American service member is more likely to die from friendly fire from CAS than anyone behind a cockpit.

Until we development instantaneous and completely secure communications (quantum entanglement or something fancy), a drone will be sluggish to control and vulnerable to hacking.

Good! Now if only he could smack down the F-35, KC-46 and V-22 and get them to fix those designs.

How is it terribly payload-limited? It can carry 20,000 pounds internally. That blows the Black Hawk out of the water, and the Osprey also has a greater range than any helicopter that can carry more than that.

Well, either we need an aerodyne, a coaxial gunship with centerline thrust, or a tilt-rotor. Using escorts that travel at half the crusing speed of what they are supposed to protect is stupid.