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Graph, USAF has done a number of tests on this very topic, and while I will not discuss specifics, in almost every instance it comes down to the skill of a person behind the stick. (And weapons payload.) Again, this doesn't mean I would volunteer to fight against an inept pilot in a F-22A...

Even with its current radar and sensors I would not want to be facing a squadron of professionally flown, data-linked JF-17s armed with (big emphasis here!) proper BVR and ASRAAM missiles. Particularly with effective AEW cover. I am not a psychologist, so I am not qualified to speak on the...

Luftwaffe, I agree that this is the only rational way to proceed for PAF. My question was posed to those in this forum who advocate a purchase of a smaller number of 'more advanced' machinery.

To those who propose replacing an order of 250 JF-17s with a smaller quantity of euro-canards: given Pakistan's defense-oriented posture, perhaps your ACM tactics are far superior to what I've been taught, but how does one stop an onslaught of enemy aircraft penetrating Pakistan's airspace in...

Here's my unsolicited quasi-professional (pilot) opinion on the JF: Great bird. And its capabilities have only been scratched. Look at the earlier blocks of F-16, it is a completely different bird from the current block 60, with latest models possessing capabilities that a legacy F-16 pilot...