Everytime, I read the Eagle as the king of air superiority role. Well, all of the kills were made against not well trained AFs, and i´m including not only USAF, but IAF and RSAF. The SH is an advanced aircraft but not only for air to air role, but, I think that SH can perform well, in A2A, against any fighter around, if well flown.

The NJ ANG F-16 and the formation of F15s and F/A-22 is amazing, definitely come to my wallpaper collection 😎

The article was wrote by Maj. Lawrence Spinneta, an F-15 driver with a tour at Lakenheat and at the time was an instructor at Tyndall AFB. He now in a staff job at Pentagon.
He compared the performance of the Super Hornet with the Eagle. He tends, of course, for the Eagle, as he told that the SH cannot match the Eagle in Air to Air role, but SH has its tricks. As the jet has not enough power, it compensates with the high AOA to put it in a good position to shoot down an enemy. He was impressed with its avionics, handling qualities and specially the ride in which the US Navy pilot shown him how to “land” (controlled crash) and some other tricks.
One other interesting thing ( i never kenw that), is the complete different way that USN and USAF flies. Combat formations are different, type of communications.
At the end he was pretty impressed with the performance of the SH, the skill of USN pilots, mostly young ones, fresh from RAG, and he is glad that all plays in the same team.

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70 million is too high for a fighter. SU-35 fits best for FAB needs and taking consideration the size of Brazil. Imagine to patrol the entire amazon region which is almost large than Europe. But, in terms of cost, a used one is better, i prefer the F-16 but i also heard that SAAF offered some surplus Cheetahs.

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“Since I couldn’t find that magazine here in my city, can someone please post that article, or point some link, that I can read that report.’
Hi, Marcelo, i have the magazine, if you want i can send it.
The article was wrote by an F-15 pilot that was an instructor at Tyndall AFB when he “fought” against Super Hornets (F model) from VFA-102 at NAS Key West. He descirbed his flight in the back seat of the Super Hornet, worth a read, very interesting.

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“Yes, the Cheetahs are intended as spares for already converted aircraft.
A-29 if it is not true, then where have the Cheetah’s gone? They are no longer in storage at Pbg.”

Mpacha, it is really a surprise for me. How many Cheetahs are in service with SAAF. I think that they will remain for a couple more years until the introduction of the Gripen.

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“I think the best solution is getting the used F-16MLUs. They are quite close to the M2k5 capability wise and costs much less. They would be sufficent for a decade at least. In a decade from today. And then the Brazilians will also have to search for an F-5 replacement. Which would mean a larger buy and not only 12 planes which would be a legacy force when the other planes need to be replaced.”

The purpose of the FX program is to acquire almost 120 jets, but, initially will be only 12 to replace FAB Mirage III. The company that wins the competition will provide that number but in at least 15 years or so. As the fleet of F-5s and AMXs will get major upgrades, they can be in service for at least another 15 years and then being replaced.
But, i agree with you and i defend this position to buy a used fighter such as the dutch F-16MLU.
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