[PSYCHO-FREEP]

I'm not bragging or anything, just making a point;

My Nephew, who is an Air force Major, took on the flight command leader of “Top Gun” in a dogfight. The TG commander was in an F-18F (Two seater) and (At the time) Captain “P.” was in an F-15E.

Captain “P.” beat the TG commander, 3 out of 3 and the longest engagement lasted about 55 seconds. After that event, the Air Force decided that the now, Major “P.” (Andy) should be commanding a wing of Raptors. And that is one Combat Wing I would not want to be on the wrong side of!

Not even Top Gun could consider challenging them. They are in a class that no others can compare to. The Raptor is by far the greatest fighter of all time. And to think that I am responsible for getting Andy into flying, and let him fly my Super Cub from the back seat. Before that, he was afraid to fly and it took much effort to talk him into taking that first ride!

[Mariner]

Not only does the Raptor outclass every other aircraft by a very wide margin...in every category that COUNTS (and, NO "dogfighting" with cannon does not count), the F-15 C and E are the second-best in the world...still.

They can beat everything other than the Raptor >100:1 and they have the record to prove it.

It has very little to do with airframe, speed, ceiling or quickness. With US Avionics/weapons and tactics we could put up F-4s and best most other aircraft.