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This also ignores that one of the major but almost-never-talked-about advantages of the F-35 is its networking and squadron integration capability. The F-35 is not a lone wolf air superiority superfighter, it's specifically designed to hunt in packs and rely on low observability, advanced sensor and electronic warfare capability, and tightly integrated communications and battlespace management to detect, co-ordinate against, and destroy the enemy from beyond visual range before the enemy even knows your squadron exists.The pro-Ukraine person responding to the zigger is a retard because 1 plane, of any kind, would do precisely fuck all. Even assuming it is such a quantum leap over the Russians that it's essentially invulnerable (which it's absolutely not), the odds that it would be in place to do anything about any given Russian airstrike is basically nil.
Yes this is boring and gay and muh F-14 dogfighting Top Gun SOVL is a lot cooler, but it turns out that boring and gay is more effective, and effectiveness matters more than looking cool.