John,
As for open source references I don’t have any to hand but I believe they would not be hard to find. The Alpha Jet was in Egypt and the Typhoon of course in Spain.
Here is some data from the USAF based on their experience where you can compare both the F-16 (single engine) and F-15 (twin engine) as to engine mishaps. The data, as I recall, does not include bird strikes or support system failures but actual engine caused failures. I think you will see an advantage to having two engines besides the propulsion power two provide verses one. Be sure to check out the data charts below the notes that are very interesting.
http://www.afsec.af.mil/organization...inestatistics/
The design of high performance military aircraft is not a simple matter with many compromises involved. The teams involved are not thick either.
There are compromises and then there are compromises. The F-35 is a compromise gone too far resulting in a sub-performing aircraft across the board, IMHO.
TD