F-14 on the History Channel's "Modern Marvels"

paradimg shifts going on soon.

With the emergence of technologies like UAV, I can already hear gears
stripping. g

One thing is for sure - change will come in ways none of us will reasonably
anticipate. I wouldn't rule out a resurgence of cockpit opportunities for
BOTH the one and two-anchor communities.

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"nafod40" wrote in message
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Doug \"Woody\" and Erin Beal wrote:

Don't take that as NFO bashing. I've got a lot of respect for B/N's,
WSO's,
and RIO's in the systems weapons and sensor supported weapons roles.
It's
great to have one guy totally focused on target acq and weapons support
leaving the pilot to flying form and avoiding the threat.

I just think that their additional utility (given current technology) in
the
air-to-air arena is limited.

I'm sure I'm going to get many responses from this one. Seriously,
folks,
not a troll.

I think the real battle of the decade is going to be how many pilots
will remain in the cockpit. There's going to be some paradimg shifts
going on soon.