Originally Posted by
Courtney Mil
Well, just on the g issue for a moment, to be honest ~5g sustained for a modern 'fighter' is very poor - I'm guessing that was what prompted Henra to think about the comparison to the F4.
Indeed!
And after having also been able to open @SpazSindbads Link (
) I still feel it is rather in the F-4 ballpark of sustained performance than in the F-16 ballpark.
Due to the latest lowering of the KPP's it is a rather un- daring assumption that the Low figure in the linked document applies to the Real World F-35(A). And that effectively puts it into F-4 territory (yes, the slatted one but still even the lighter and somewhat more maneuverable German F-4F are completely outclassed by F-16s in BFM).
So when nitpicking (eqializing fuel weight) you might find that the F-35 has some small advantages in turning fights against an F-4 (does that even hold true for the F-4F?) but that isn't exactly a ringing endorsement of its WVR capabilities.