The outgoing head of Air Combat Command this week questioned the public's "love affair" with unmanned aircraft and talked up the capability of the manned U-2 spy plane, which the Air Force wants to retire. Speaking at a July 29 Air Force Association forum in Washington, Gen. Mike Hostage also rejected the notion that a next-generation intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform would be an unmanned, MQ-X type of aircraft. Hostage offered a stark assessment of the strategic importance of unmanned...
