re: #191 albusteve

I cannot fathom an Iranian killing an American F-15 in a SU-30….just can’t…I know these airframes are aging but has this design and avionics and all that been declared obsolete?….neither of these planes are usefull anymore?

Part of the problem is that fighters are getting more stealthy. The F-22 is the cream of the crop in stealth and the F-35 is not too shabby either. The Russians and others are behind on this but catching up. I believe that Sukhoi has prototypes in testing for jets that are alot closer to the F-22 in stealth capability. The F-15 looks like an F-15 on on radar. The F-22 looks like a bumblebee.

If the F-22 is killed its only a matter of time before we lose air superiority when Su-47s can shoot aging F-15s out of the sky from 200 miles away and the Eagle pilots never see whats coming.