Brown Reflects on Future Force Structure.

• Author: Carberry, Sean
• Position: IN BRIEF

* The Air Force is developing a new jet fighter system known as Next Generation Air Dominance. The platform's concept relies on manned-unmanned teaming and autonomous tech.

The service's Chief of Staff Gen. Charles "CQ" Brown Jr. said during a CNAS talk: "The question I get sometimes is--As a fighter pilot, what do you think about having less fighter pilots?'... that's probably where we're going to go anyway," said Brown, who previously served as a command pilot and has racked up more than 2,900 flying hours, including 130 in combat.

While it could mean the Air Force will have more cyber operators than pilots in the...