StrikeEagle

Well the problem with the F-22 for countrys is the fact that it will not be exported, because America is the only country with Sleath planes and they want to keep it that way. The F-15 could easly take the F-16, but it wouold be like an F-22 vs. F-35, the F-16 is an all Weather attack aircraft, well the F-15 is a pure fighter. Although almost all Nato countrys have F-16's so i think Mexico must have some, and they could put an order in on the JSF, because that is the F-16's replacement.

yea mexicos let russia, they have trouble funding high tech militry programs, but don't they have F-16's though?

Very true, and I'm a realist, come on there is a strong chance of a war between the Us and Iran and or North Korea. And those countrys have power Air Forces, each may have Su-37s in the next few years once russia starts exporting them, so it is very important to control the air in the next decade. The one who owns the high ground wins the war, air is the highest ground.

The thing is that with sleath we are almost sure we will never loss one of our F-22's, i mean just look at the B-2, not one has ever been lost and there has only been one or two losses of an F-117 so it is not likly the Us to loss a fighter, unlike Russia who could loss a Su-37 easly to Anti Air missiles, and well the eurofighter, is much cheaper I belive it's something close to 175 million.

I'm a proud Usa pilot, part of the 1st Fighter Wing’s 27th Fighter Squadron, at Langley VA, and our squadron is the first listed to start using F-22's in early 2005, and I have been training for the change for quite a while now and let me tell you the you people think vectoring is so great, well you must also think of the angle of attack when attacking about vectoring and the f-22 can attack on angles up to 60 degrees. The F-22 has vectoring like the su37 although it doesn't have side to side vectoring because that would counter some of sealth messures put inn place on the aircraft. And yes the F-22 has afterburners to reach mach 2 if needed, although we rarely use them. Also the F-22 is much faster then the Su-37 when not afterburning, the F-22 can go mach 1.47 with out afterburning while the su can barly reach 600 mph. And think about it, afterburners run out in all of five minutes. And lastly the RCS for the F-22 goes up very litte to nothing when the side missle bays or bottom missle bay opens because of matrials used on the bays. And just remeber the Su-37 shows up like a blimp on radar, the F-22 is a marble at best. I and anyone in there sane mind picks the F-22, and there is currently 276 planed, that numeber ,may jump to 500. If congress is convinced future air domince is in the hands of the F-22.