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]Never fear: there is an ongoing research effort to remove the pilot from the fighter cockpit. Pilots aren't necessarily happy about this, but the problem is that aerial combat is approaching the point where the pilot's fragility is an impediment. Airframes are capable of manuevers that would injure the pilot or render him unconscious. The "edge" in future combat may be keeping the pilots on the ground and letting the high-performance aircraft duke it out.
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Dang Jay, you beat me to it.
I am sure that telefactoring is the way of the future in combat aircraft. The first time a fighter pilot goes against an RPV (remotely piloted vehicle) capable of 20+ g's in any direction will convince him. Whether he will live long enough to tell anybody is another story.