Indeed, you can´t say that USAF would loose the air superiority just because aircraft such as the Su-30 or J-10 are
so powerful. MiG-29s were expected to be better than Eagles, and post-cold-war exercises confirmed it, but as
far as you can out-think, out-act the enemy, it´s as valuable as out-turning them. Ask Saddam if you doubt it
A significant part of it are the red flags, for keeping your own and allied units with some experience fighting together,
and for I+D. You better learn the lessons there and make the appropiate changes there. In 1988, in NATO exercises,
a RAF Tornado flight was meant to destroy a dam, wich was in a mountain terrain, defended by a conscript, Mistral equiped
SAM battery, in a low level strike. They couldn´t drop the LGBs. Perhaps they weren´t 617 Sqn, but learning about it would
have saved some italian and british crews in Gulf War.
If you can learn about a fighter likely to be used by Iran and who knows else, you better do it. I meant with all this: Buy more Raptors!!!