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UAV's look and work very good in aa aie superiorit environment. I've worked as a UAV operator in all its roles and have twenty years of experience as a fighter pilot. High threat environments including weather, airspace constraints, ground and airborne threats will have a limiting effect on UAV ops. . Present day UAV's have a few limitations especially wrt weather and ops crew training. They will definitely gain prominence in the years to come and the story Britain faced after their decision on manned fighters in the 1960s is not likely to be repeated by those who follow the UAVs development programme in the future.
The main gain is that the most important limitation of a man in the machine is out of the hardware loop. He is in the loop as a software operator which shall give major fiilup to the plans of the manufacturers.
UAV's look and work very good in a very low threat air environment. I've worked a UAV RDT&E program and have twenty years of Close Air Support experience as a fighter pilot. High threat environments, to include challenging weather, odd airspace constraints, threat, and other dynamics are a different story. UAV's have a host of limitations and are poorly suited for Close Air, Search and Rescue. They definitely look better in the store. If it has a bullet or a bomb on it and you have to shoot somebody in the lips put a human in the cockpit.