If the F-35 is deprived of AWACS support and has to proceed under EMCON conditions, which deprive it of BVR capability, the F-16 has proven able to kill it - the F-35 sacrificed agility and weight for sorta-stealthiness.
What a grand improvement with over 40 years of technology updates.
More importantly, the USAF has more ovaries and melanin than it previously had…
I enlisted in 2001, and it sounds like it has become far worse in just 20 years.