The opinion that i have gauged talking to many USAF pilots who fly the F-16, and F-22, has been that the Typhoon is an amazing fighter and so is the rafale. Their opinion is that both these birds have superior performance to the legacy jets are firmly 4.5 generation. Having superior capability does not translate to having a guaranteed kill as demonstrated on several occasion. Bi-lateral or Multi national exercises are performed to test out tactics and performance against the best of the best using systems and tactics you are not very familiar with. During the course of such encounters various tactics are practiced that do turn to be very bad..Hence every pilot i have spoken to values such encounters and claims he is a much better pilot having been a part of such an experience. For example, we know that the F-22 does not have an HMD and therefore in WVR it is at a disadvantage, so a lot of these efforts are to come up with tactics to counter this as much as possible, I bet same would be for all foreign fighter pilots who want to develop the best tactics for their fighter during peace time.
Agree bring it on, simply was i overreacted to a trollish message. My apologize. I’m touchy about Rafale :highly_amused:
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