Bottom line: a fighter has MANY features that make it a good (or bad) weapon system. Turn performance is but ONE of the features. If you are going to evaluate two fighters' dog fighting ability, you have to compare ALL their features, not just one.
So how do you account for the comments of the test pilot when he bemoaned the close-in (dogfighting) performance of his aircraft compared to the F-16?
You referred earlier to
other very experienced and VERY knowledgeable fighter pilots. Would you not include this test pilot with prior F-15E operational experience into that category?