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Calista241

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38. 2008 was before we really started fielding the F35.

Reply to WarGamer (Reply #33)

Fri Jan 28, 2022, 02:46 PM

Jan 2022

And studies like that tend to just compare airframe to airframe. A f35 is never going up against anything else by itself. The fact that the Russians can field a single squadron or parts of a squadron doesn’t have more strategic implications.

AWACS, networking, support aircraft like fueling and electronic warfare all contribute to an overall air to air conflict; and our assets as a whole are unquestionably superior.

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Red October ItsjustMe Jan 2022 #25

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that's right! WarGamer Jan 2022 #36

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