The Northrop YF-17 competed with the YF-16 for the lightweight fighter program. I guess we know who won. Although they did eventually sell it to the Navy as the F/A-18.
This is a very old joke, just the designations of the aircraft have been updated. Would have been more effective had they used an aircraft that was in service.
I saw it in Readers Digest, maybe 20 or 25 years ago. Then it was fighters being refueled by a tanker. 😀