I had an acquaintance who flew every fighter plane in the US inventory since the early Seventies, from the A-4 all the way up to the F-15. He started out as a Marine pilot flying the A-4, eventually went the Air Force and spent most of his time in the F-16.
In talking to him, I asked him if he had ever flown the F-22. He said that he had not, but that he had flown against it in exercises. When I asked him how the F-16 had fared against the F-22, he said:
“It was like being a baby seal.”
Lol