[Blood of Tyrants]

the Air Force laid out its wish list, and it wants everything: a plane that can win dogfights, demolish air-defense missile networks, support ground troops, and run surveillance missions

A plane that does "everything" will do nothing well.

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

I agree. I do not think that you can build such a plane. The costs would be very high.

[KC_Lion]

DING! we have a winner, this has also been the navy's problem for a long time, A Jack-of-all-trades is also a master of none!

what we need are Dedicated Air Superiority fighters, Ground attack fighters etc. I Present as evidence the A-10 warthog, one of the best Aircraft in the Inventory, but I couldn't' dogfight if its life depended one it, that is NOT what it is designed to do!