Too close

The aircraft bears a striking resemblance to the F-22. Too much so for coincidence, IMHO.

Majority of the images are in the public domain. Be sure of that and you’ll be fine.

Once could make their own?

Handy with Photoshop, Illustrator, or even the GIMP? Wikipedia has free SVG/PNG files of each nation’s roundel. Put them together, publish…

Race to the bottom?

I think, in design implementation, there comes a point where a common set of criteria will produce a common result. Requirements like stealth, high-speed, and enhanced situational awareness (i.e. good visibility) will bring everyone to the same conclusions. Throw in the “if it works for them, it will work for us” principle and very liberal practices around research gathering, some similarity is almost a given.

Just a thought…

Su-33

Su-33 resting for the evening.

Usable?

F-35 is initially going to replace 40-45 year old F-16s with 20-25 year old avionics. The Turks have some newer F-16s, but they’ll probably keep & continue to upgrade them, not sell them second hand. They’ll retire the F-4 & older, worn-out F-16s.

I don’t see a glut of used F-16s flooding the market & bringing prices down in the future. Romania has already been offered ex-USAF F-16s free (for the aircraft: it would have to pay for all the other things needed to bring them into service), but decided it couldn’t afford them at the moment. How are F-16s going to get cheaper than that?

Could it be that the FAP airframes would be cheaper because they are already airworthy. Romania would have to apply their national insignia after pilot training and ground crew instruction to operate the ex-FAP F-16’s. Taking old USAF example and overhauling them is a bigger deal and expense.

Still lethal

It looks like CGI because it is CGI.

I like the pic with the Tomcat chasing the Bear. Interesting load of 1 Phoenix, 1 Sparrow and I assume 1 Sidewinder, but no tanks.

One of each still makes the tomcat a very lethal kitty.