More like an F-16 in pure flying performance, but the Polish ones have been upgraded with western systems to some degree. How exactly and how significant that is, who knows. They did have radar homing missiles unlike the earliest F16’s.
Got it. I think they are primarily interceptors, so of limited use in ground attack.
Regardless, I’m not sure how excited I’d be about flying a Russian-made jet over a battlefield with a lot of itchy-fingered MANPAD carriers.
I am an aviation nut, and was a jet mechanic in the USN on a carrier for four years, but...I sheepishly admit I did not know that.
I learn something new every day...:)
Thank you.