Even the typhoon kick the ass of the F35<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;nationalinterest.org&#x2F;blog&#x2F;the-buzz&#x2F;russias-su-35-fighter-vs-americas-f-16-fighting-falcon-who-13918" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;nationalinterest.org&#x2F;blog&#x2F;the-buzz&#x2F;russias-su-35-figh...</a>
Air Force F-16s are not currently fitted with an AESA and are at a severe disadvantage versus the Su-35 or other advanced Flanker derivatives.<p>Modern F16 inferior to Mig29 ? Very likely. I don&#x27;t have the time to search for the article about it, but it is a fact acknowledged by benchmarks that US air planes have been slowly gaining mass and loosing maneuverability since decades and they re-evaluated the F16 performance recently. Even F16 vs &quot;old F16&quot;.<p>Anyway. Mig29 Su30 are pretty cheap compared to US air planes and roughly close in terms of performance. Maybe a 1v1 scenario favors F16. But in $v$ you can align more Su&#x2F;Mig per F16. And surviving a 1v1 situation is easier than 3v1.