This is the way I see it.
F35 is too early to be evaluated…..
Then look at the post war history and at the fighters……
When RAF had Vampires and Meteors the US had P80s and the USSRs MiG9 and so at that time beside the numbers the odds were good.
Then there were Sabres and Mig15/17 and a little bit later the Hunter that was almost the same performance (look at the indian-pakistan conflicts) but in way inferior numbers….
….. Then came the Lightning and there were F104s, F106 and MiG 21s
…. the problem was at that point that US come up with F4, F15 and F16 , the Russians had MiG23, MiG25, Su15 and the RAF Lightning and some F4s….
and then came the Tornado F3 not a “Natural Born Fighter” that had to face F16 and F15 (just in exercise) as long as MiG29 and SU27.
So now we got the Typhoon that has show up a lot in all exercise, US got F22 but not a lot and Russia development of the Su27.
The RAF will never be that close to USAF and VVS as with the Typhoon
Regards
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