Of course Russia wasn't involved in Red Flag, it's a platform for NATO.I don't know where you get this impression. You are insinuating they a su 35 would be able to defeat all USA airpower and all allied airpower like f35 did end route? We may as well melt down the aircraft if this is the case. F35 smoked the world at red flag. I don't think Russia was involved tho
And you're right about the F-35, they should melt down that money pit.
But we're past that.
It can't even call itself a deterrent at this point, it's enemies don't exist.
Is completely impracticle for the front line.
It'd be great for the world it was created for 20 years ago.
The fact is, until the F-22 or F-35 start racking up kills, they are paper tigers.
The world has evolved past piloting the future.
The U.S. isn't gonna be conducting air wars near the eastern blocks with their golden gooses.
Because foreign policy dictates needs, the SU-57's mean more for Russia as self-defense than F-35's for the U.S. on offense.
Russia's S-400,500's would likely blast our JSF's out of the sky.
F-35's & 22's are great, for the middle east or North Korea, until the BRICS help them out.
Then they're worthless.