WASHINGTON — The Air Force is all-in on the concept of drone wingmen teamed up with human piloted fighters as the future of air combat. But how exactly will the human pilots inside F-35s or the Next Generation Air Dominance platform work with and guide collaborative combat aircraft ? And will these drone wingmen be ready to fight under their human pilots’ instructions in a future war? The Air Force needs must do more to lay the groundwork for human-machine interaction, Heather Penney, a former