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in that case i like the typhoon the most

@Dr Badass PhD

A hard choice out of the three. The Gripen E is arguably the best value; however, that being said the rafale has an impressive payload, though the Eurofighter is arguably a slightly better air superiority fighter than the rafale

The F/A-18E block III with the EPEs is just insane tho

I would argue the F/A-18 family is the most underrated fighter family at the moment

Mostly because of the success of F-14

But F/A-18 is not bad

The 14 just doesn’t have good AOA performance

But it was extremely successful against 19's, 21's, 23's and 29's

The F-14 is a great interceptor and long range strike, but honestly the hornet is a far better match to counter fighters such at the Su-35

I'd say they all excel at their particular roles

The YF-23 should have also been procured, change my mind

But the Su-35 would be a tough opponent to the F-14.

The F-14 would be slaughtered

Not really, the AIM-54 Phoenix missile would lock on from 64kms away and keep it on its toes

In BVR it would be a decent fight

Closer ranges eh not too good for the Tomcat

But once a close quarters dogfight is brought into the equation (yes they are rare) the 14 would just not have the AOA for the job

If the F-14 has an exceptional pilot then the Su-35 would lose.

Sure the missile ain't capable enough but it's long range enough to keep him on its toes

Now a really underated plane is the F-35

Agreed

Arguably the only plane better than the F-35 is the F-22.

The C variant and the A variant are the best because their wingspan is optimal for CAS and Dogfights

B variant is just to give USMC a placebo

And to Export

F-22 should be Mass produced again

Don't care how expensive

The US made a huge mistake by not producing more F-22s. They should have developed its air to ground capability and cut 350 F-35s in exchange for another 200 F-22s

The B only exists for the USMC obsession with STOL operations

I think they've learned with the F-X though. That plane will be insane with the capabilities it'll bring to the table.

F-22 can Carry SLAM-ER under its wings and GBU-32's in its internal weapons bay

I know this because of Over-G fighters

In Canada we have neglected the CF-18 replacement so now we will be flying our CF-18A and Bs until 2032

Weren't you guys going to choose any of these 3?:

Gripen E
F/A18E Block 3
F-35

Honestly I think the Canadians should go for the block 3 solely because of commonality.

I would like us to procure ideally 70 F/A-18Es and 10 Fs block three along with ten growlers

And if we had more funding then we could also do a split buy with 50 F-35As

I heard that Canada builds parts for the F35 already which also makes it another easy selection

I have been in a facility which produces them, we have quite the infrastructure in place producing them

We also produce hard points