If manned aircraft can’t defeat insurgents like the Houthis and failed in conventional conflicts like Vietnam, and air superiority is unlikely against a near pe

If manned aircraft can’t defeat insurgents like the Houthis and failed in conventional conflicts like Vietnam, and air superiority is unlikely against a near peer adversary with strong air defenses and nuclear retribution, then what is manned aircraft good for? Football game flyovers and chest thumping.