Having flown or worked with the F3 from its' inception until almost its' demise and experienced the weapons system and performance issues from blue circle through many radar and weapons upgrades I would like to reassure Tourist and any other misinformed readers that I would not have liked to fight against an F3 for real in any other aircraft during the last few years.
That is not to state it is the best AD aircraft but it is now certainly a very capable one.