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ConservativeWave » 25 Mar 2025, 8:55 am » wrote: ↑

25 Mar 2025, 8:55 am

The American F18's & F16's can STILL go up against the BEST that Russia & China have to offer... and DROP THEM ! 

What you say is probably true some of the time...but this article points out some inferiorities that the F16 has now........https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/ ... ers-116086

 

"The F-16 still has a great deal of value against smaller, less technologically advanced air forces and air defenses, as well as low- to mid-intensity conflicts such as Libya and Syria. It’s also useful as a bomb truck, carrying long-range munitions such as the JASSM cruise missile behind a protective wall of F-22 and F-35 fighters. But thanks to PAK-FA and the J-20, its days as a day-one frontline fighter are over. As the F-35 enters service with the United States and with its NATO and Asian allies, the F-16 begins its long, well-earned flight into the sunset."