@Haavarla
Yes, no need to send them fighting either.
Let’s just deploy them to take a tan on Syria coast and doing security in cities, just to relieve Syrian troops from most trivial duties.
Their mere presence would “allow” them to win.

Look that the last upgrade was made in the 1998, and the previous one was from 1986, so that these last items are probably at the same technological level of an ANG F-16 block 25/30.
In reality those upgrades ended up to been even redundant: they spended a lot to integrate Aspide missiles and a modern radar (FIAR Setter R21G) only to discover that the latter limited range doesn’t allowed to take advantage of the excellent performance of the former.
We went to the absurd to lease some Tornado ADV for their big radars but still with Skyflash missiles only, so we ended up with a plane with a long range missile and a short range radar and another with a long range radar (when it worked) and (relatively) short range missiles.

Not one of the proposed upgrade you propose would improve in any way the Spillone’s performances a.t.c. they would probably spoil its several good points (and the F-104S got many of them) without resolving its own shortcomings (almost the remaining ones that were not resolved with introducing it at first, when compared to Americans and F-104G models).

J79-GE-19 engine was practically perfect for its flight pattern: blazing velocity and climb rate in scramble but so powerful even in mil mode to afford it a good cruise range and with such an acceleration that allowed it to regain velocity fast without using afterburner.

Limit for PESA/AESA is 120 degrees, so side arrays doesn’t help front array performance

Play dumb now? typical.

I’ll take some less radiating elements in the frontal but the possibility of having a complete radar coverage over a 240° blind zone 365+1/4 days at year, thanks.
And an L-band radar also instead of the cherry on top, please.

Seriously, first the fifty shades of gray, now the numbers of slots, are we slipping down to a primary school discussion level?

Not seem me probable a direct derivation from it, one is a maritime sea surface effect vehicle, other a land based plane.
For the rest both are remarkable example of IRGC lateral thinking, given that you can’t compete in a symmetrical development , try a completely radical new approach to the problem.
Your actual expertise in engine, light alloy/ composite materials allow you only to build a ’70 plane: ok do it but (given that instead you are at fair good level in electronic and CAD design) do it stealth and with an innovative frame design other have tried but are instead gone for a more conventional solution.
Probably it would not work anyway, but if it is succeed it would be a bang.

“ADMS” Pechora-2M “hit by the latest US drone the MQ-1” the Predator “in Syria

http://vpk-news.ru/news/36345

Syrian air defenses in the sky in the north of the province of Latakia found a strange aircraft. The target was fired upon, destroy it.

Competent US authorities were forced to confirm that around 17:40 GMT (19 hours and 40 minutes of Damascus time) lost contact with the remote-controlled aircraft the MQ-1 «Predator», flying in north-west Syria.

“According to the Turkish media,« Predator »was flying with the US Air Force base in Incirlik in Turkey, which was based 4 of US drones in recent years.

“The MQ-1, apparently was hit by” Pechora-2M “, as close to the crash site of the wreckage of an American spy was discovered by anti-aircraft rocket boosters of this complex. Everything indicated that the Syrians lacked a rocket “, – said Yuri Ljamin.

Armed Syrian armed forces are made up of 12 of the modernized complex “Pechora-2M”. At present, they “learned” time to shoot down a variety of objects, including cruise missiles and aircraft “Stealth” Modified missiles were able to “catch up” targets flying at a speed of 1000 m / s at a height of 20 m to 25 km, at a distance 28 km.

The complex used modern digital technology, which greatly improved the ability to detect the attacking aircraft. Moreover, flush job option entered thermal channel, which allows, without revealing themselves, pinpoint enemy.

Minsk chassis MZKT-8021 significantly increased the mobility characteristics: SAM is moving at speeds up to 60 km / h, very quickly change position and go from retaliation.

The only problem is that these systems are not too many, and they can not take control of all the country’s airspace.

Thank to the gentle reminder that this was supposed to be a military aviation thread and not a political rants one.
In any case the SA-3 is challenging AT-3 in upgrade longevity it seems.

And quite worthless. What does your drag race comparison prove?

As Haavarla pointed out, was the F-104 a particularly good air superiority fighter?
What about the Mig-23? Or the Bae Lighting?

Being a good interceptor is one aspect of a fighter in the DCA role.

This is a pipe dream. No service would be interested in spending money to do a direct comparison on a scramble mission of randomized aircraft in such a limited role. Look at the scenarios given for in the Belgium RFP. You may believe this would “prove” the F-35 worthy as a flighted. I seriously doubt that those who fly the aircraft would agree. They have flown it at Red Flag.

Interceptors were obviously great in scrambles as QRA constitutes one of their primary missions, still also the air superiority fighters that superseded them but generally any planes to operate in an A2A role is supposed to have good performances on this regard.
And no, although the idea somewhat tickles me, I was not thinking about a show off with an Eurofighter and a F-35 making a joint scramble.
Just make an hot take off with a F-35 headed to operative quote as fast as it can and publish the results after.
Also a normal climb rate data would be appreciated anyway, given that the plane has been declared operative.

Why?
If this is your preferable metric, then the F-104G beat everything..

No, Aeritalia F-104S, please.
Maybe having had them is a reason for this , we actually have this aggregated data of it, not just initial climb rate that means nothing in itself.

In reality, it’s just to settle up if F-35 is a real multirole fighter or as i’m more inclined to believe an excellent strike fighter obliged to take up also air defence missions, ’cause F-22 abrupt end of production.
Given that my own air force will have both f-5 than EF, I think the comparison would be quite easy to do.

For me it would suffice to have a direct comparison between it an Eurofighter and a Mig-29 in a scramble mission or even having a sheer data about the time it took to get at 10.000 meters and get supersonic.
They said it have a tremendous transonic acceleration, so i’m making things easy for it.