I beg to differ, we have far better pilots, but the Su-27 in equal hands is a match for if not superior to the F-15, the Raptor on the other hand own the 27, but we aren't fielding many yet.
Don't underestimate China, that is a dangerous mistake.
Agreed, but what makes an F-15 superior is our pilots, the institutional "memory" that gets transmitted to them, and the superior command and control afforded by our E-2Cs and E-3Cs.