Courtney,
The F3 may have been able to get high and fast however, it took forever to get there, couldn't turn for toffee and would have been slammed in the climb most times. The turning radius and energy bleed seemed to prevent the crews from doing anything other than climb (slowly) in the commit.
I thought they gave in good account of themselves when taking the above into account but, the reality is that most other jets would get higher and faster before the F3 and shoot first.
Thankfully, Typhoon seems to have resolved that issue,
