The statements about AF-2 not having the latest stealth coatings etc would seem to be unhelpful if the exercise was about dog fighting.
Two utterly false assumptions.
1. The exercise was NOT "about dog fighting". Read the quote.
2. To state that stealth, sensors, sensor fusion, displays and all the rest don't contribute in a dog fight is absurd. If the Mark 1 Mod 0 eyeball and turn performance is all that matters, we may as well go back to WW1 Spads and Fokkers. Even in the early jet age of Sabres vs MiGs, there was LOTS more to air-to-air success than eyeballs and turn performance.