Unmanned Fighter Aircraft On the Horizon

My sons have been piloting fighters in their computer games for years. This is really nothing new as U.S. military forces and NASA, among others, have years of experience flying robotic air and space crafts. As this Outside the Beltway blog entry states, it is only a matter of time before unmanned fighters and bombers dominate air forces around the world. But the fighter pilot mystique is strong and the likelihood that cockpits disappear from future airframes seems highly unlikely.