Reporter: Lara Logan, CBS 60 Minutes
Producer: Max McClellan
You know the scene - Tom Cruise fresh from a mission, swaggering across the tarmac with his helmet tucked under one arm.
That's the image most of us have of fighter pilots. And we couldn't be more off target.
You see, helmets are so 1986.
Modern day top guns don't go anywhere near a runway, let alone climb inside a cockpit.
Instead, they sit in front of computer screens, flying their planes by remote control.
These pilots are stationed half a world away from the serious fighting but Lara Logan, of America's 60 Minutes program, discovered they're as deadly as ever.
Watch the full video on the CBS website
