The A-10 and F-16 are still around for a reason.
I don’t know if it’s true, but I recently read the F-16 defeated the F-35 in simulated air-to-air combat.
“I don’t know if it’s true, but I recently read the F-16 defeated the F-35 in simulated air-to-air combat.”
Eyeball to eyeball dog fighting, I can see it happening easily.
F-16 defeated the F-35
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one is a bomb truck and the other an air superiority fighter - guess which one is which.