Sigh.
Citing U.S. Air Force analyses, (Davis) said the F-35 is at least 400 percent more effective in air-to-air combat capability than the best fighters currently available in the international market, including Sukhois.
"Effective in air-to-air combat" involves a LOT more than turning and burning. Once again, the total package must be compared, not just raw turn performance.
"The F-35 is comparable or better in every one of those metrics, sometimes by a significant margin, in both air-to-air, and when we hog-up those fourth-generation fighters, for the air-to-ground mission," says Billy Flynn, a Lockheed test pilot who is responsible for flight envelope expansion activities for all three variants.
And the blog post you guys are hanging your hats on provided how many metrics that show the F-35's metrics are not "comparable or better" than those other (4th gen) aircraft's metrics? Zero you say? And you think that's definitive or even just meaningful? REALLY?