Now, when I am talking about UCAVs, I don't mean the TB-2 or Predator type UCAV. I mean the kind of UCAV the airforce can use as a loyal wingman for strike and / or air to air missions.
That is the real next step here. You don't want to create a separate squadron of loyal wingmen type advanced UCAVs. You want them to be organic to the air force squadrons to be effectively utilized.
Meanwhile, you want your squadrons to be effective and efficient. If you put too many aircraft, whether manned or unmanned in a squadron, their marginal effectiveness decreases. There are only x number of people you can organize effectively, only x number of missions that a squadron has organizational capability to handle.
This is why we saw in the first place why Western air forces preferred fewer aircraft in a squadron than Soviet / Chinese doctrine.
Going by the same principle, you want to organize future combat aircraft / UCAV squadrons effectively not by adding x number of UCAVs to current squadrons (or even worse, creating separate UCAV squadrons), but by re-structuring your air force to have the best balance of manned and unmanned platforms per squadron.
