“The F-15 is a blowtorch. It can smack lots of enemy targets.”
That is very true but the eagles have lost every simulated contact with the F-35 in the war games exercises.
Mind you, the eagles have never had an air combat loss in over a hundred real world incidents but the R-35s swat them out of the air before the eagle drivers even know they are there.
People tend to hate facts.
You know better than I, God Bless the US Air Force, God Bless America!