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These are air show maneuvers, useless in combat since aircraft must be flying very slowly to do them - well below corner speed - which leaves it very vulnerable, and secondly any usage of TVC, especially in maneuvers as usually seen on air shows, bleeds off energy very, very fast.
And if you are referring to Cobra, it is one of combat-useless maneuvers, and besides Saab J-35 Draken was well capable of doing it without TVC, as can Su-27.
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Dogfight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaRussian aircraft manufacturers heavily emphasize supermaneuverability and dogfight capabilities in fighter design, with aircraft such as the Su-37 or the Su-30MKI demonstrating advanced thrust vectoring systems to achieve these goals, pushing the aircraft to its limits to give it an advantage in combat. USAF fighters, such as the F-15 and F-16, tend to favor higher speeds, because of their emphasis on high power-to-weight ratio and low wing-loading; although the F-22 has supermaneuverability with its own vectored thrust.