Electronics dominate, so now the airframe can really be anything. You have F4s that are more modern than, say, Pakistani F16s.
As for wiring, it becomes a nightmare of maintnance. A F22 has probably enough to stretch to the moon or sun.
I read where there was 28,000 american aircraft in world war II, that said a lot about Rosie the riveter and americans in general. Hell, I’ve bucked rivets myself.
I was in the largest Phantom squadron (Marines)in history (avionics). It’s hard for me to accept that 20+ f-22’s the air force has (am I correct on that?)
is a major deterrent to other country’s. I hope they make about 4000 of these super hornets and keep major squadrons of f-14, f-15, f-16 around the country.
While I was deer hunting in my section of the state I watched a f-16 pilot do repeated low level passes over me and flick his wings vertical and look at me. He was screeching this thing near the sound barrier, Falcon was an apt name for this plane.
This was a special treat for me because I had drawn the f-16 engine on the drafting board at half scale many years ago. Just think of all the honest jobs generated from this observation, not some liberal kickback schemes.