Manned Aerial Vehicle/Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(MAV/UAV) cooperative air combat is an important development direction of future air combat.If MAVs and UAVs are used in cooperation,their strengths can be complemented to form a flexible and efficient combat system,which will play an important role in improving the effectiveness of future air combat.Firstly,this paper describes the evolution of the U.S.militarys combat concept in recent years,analyzes the development of MAV/UAV cooperative combat programs,and summarizes the features of MAV/UAV cooperative air combat.Secondly,taking penetrable air combat as a scenario,the specific operational use and operational procedure of MAV/UAV cooperative air combat are then analyzed.Finally,the key technologies and research status of MAV/UAV cooperative air combat are reviewed and analyzed from three aspects: trajectory planning,air combat decision making,and MAV/UAV formation control.The development prospect of future MAV/UAV cooperative air combat application is given.