USAF force-structure plan includes 500 CCA drone wingmen by 2032

The U.S. Air Force force-structure report to Congress outlines a 2035 fighter mix and explicitly separates crewed fighter requirements from planned Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) “drone wingmen,” targeting 500 CCAs by 2032. While not a battlefield deployment, it signals doctrinal/force-design adoption of manned-unmanned teaming at scale that could later reduce crewed fighter requirements.