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UAL T38 Phlyer
His opinion: they took a good idea and messed it up. He said drones could do the same job, cheaper, and with less risk.
Some of the armed overwatch mission set. Not CAS, and probably not FAC-A IMO (my opinion is an informed one).
IIRC SOCOM looked at drones... not flexible enough and actually pretty expensive in their own right.