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Re:Photos of a Sukhoi Su-27 dogfighting with a USAF F-16 aro... by rangibaby on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @03:29AM (#13363515)
NATO air forces still fly the F-16. The Su-27 and newer models are large planes with a long range (similar to F-15) and would be expected to fly into NATO territory to hunt NATO refuelers and AWACS.
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Re:Photos of a Sukhoi Su-27 dogfighting with a USAF F-16 aro... by partycoder on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @04:05AM (#13363606)
The F-35 was scheduled to take over those roles.

The F-16 is massively exported and now many countries have them, so that's why I was speculating about a variation.

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