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.....missions being run don't need these aircraft most current operations are being done with UAVs, helicopters and close air support aircraft.

Aircraft could get much more sophisticated and lethal if you take the soft squiggy thing out of the front seat.  Aircraft are limited in their flight charateristics simply because the human needs to be protected and supported.  Computers limit the flight profiles of aircraft because the pilot simply cannot keep up it and the usual problem of high G loadings can incapacitate a pilot whilst a perfectly good aircraft "impacts with terrain"  

The more sophisticated aircraft get the more limited become the people that can fly them and the more expensive the training becomes.  All it takes is a head-set and a joy stick in a room thousands of miles away and any geek can be an ace fighter jock!