Number of military aircraft by country, top 10:
Our Air Force is certainly not our weak link. Neither is our Navy. The only thing in the article I do agree with is that the future is in drones and unmanned aircraft. I think that the title of the article was merely for shock effect.
Unmanned combat aircraft are the future, but controlled by manned aircraft.
Each F-35 would have 6-10 UCAVs.
How many of those are combat rated planes? Designated fighters, bombers and attack planes?
It also depends upon if Jane Fonda decides to run another Asian battery in the next war.
and unlike China or Russia that list is comprised of a load of friends who would fight along side us...maybe