The blog post about the F-35's less than stellar in-close dog fight maneuverability has caused some on this thread to declare Europe doomed because they have committed themselves so deeply to the F-35, while USAF can fall back on the Raptor, and USN on the Super Hornet. I believe such gloom and doom to be unrealistic given that the Eurofighter Typhoon is destined to be the backbone of European airpower for the next few
decades and France plans on keeping their Rafales for at least that long.
Typhoon will be "backbone" of future European air power - 7/7/2015 - Flight Global