its the same cockpit

The front section appears to have become thicker. While its canopy is identical, then chin is not.

What I liked about T-38A was its ultra compact design. The T-50A and T-100 are wider and thicker than most people realize. There is quite a bit of hollow space in either design, making them nearly as large as full size fighters. I bet you could keep a nice slim design by keeping to a smaller girth and using a canard layout like on Eurofighter Typhoon. A single underbody, fixed intake. Thin LERX extending to nose. Delta wing is simpler to design, and easier to design for fatigue resistance. Also, gives room for fuel and it’s a design that allows for excellent instant turn rates. The trick is getting it to sustain the turn to match KPP.

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PAK-FA pictures haven’t been posted in quite some time.

This thread risks being quite dull without pictures of PAK-FA

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I always preferred this over T-50A:

Closer to an F-16 in capability than the T-50A, but not as developed as a program. Just never got funding to mature to its potential

Kind of ugly compared to T-100 design

More or less because Soviet bomber destroyers were ‘systems’. The AAM was built for an individual aircraft. The MiG-29 and Su-27 were the first aircraft built by the competing design bureaus to share radar and weapon suites. MiG-29 used a smaller version of Su-27 weapon suite in some versions. Su-30 I don’t think shared the common base, although they also used the same weapons. Just was a new trend with Soviets when they launched fourth generation designs.

Ironically the Thunderbirds crash happened just after the prez gave a speech – AT THE SAME EVENT – and had just spoke about promises to support our military in everything it does when word came back about it…

When we started ISIS was estimated to be 30K strong. So many bombs later and they estimate the same number. What the hell are they hitting?