Doesn't matter if you're the best fighter pilot in the world, if Joe Average squadron pilot has the better hardware your ass is going to be whupped. Even though as a normal fighter jock you think you are invincible, your destiny will be a smokin' hole. If you're lucky you might get the chance to bang out if the expanding rod or 30 mil cannon shell in the cockpit doesn't turn your soft and fragile body into spag bol.
Just saying.