I've seen referred to as the most important combat aircraft in europe for the last 25 years?
I think his reaction tells you more about the information source than this particular individual's knowledge. If he's only been in 4 years and already done 2 tours of Afghanistan/Iraq, you can be sure his thinking is not quite "Euro" centric yet. He could probably tell you about the 4,500 F-16s that have been built though...