A report on the Indian Air Force's MMRCA fighter competition from the Carnegie Endowment

 

dogfight! (PDF format)

So in reading that there is mention of F-35 supercruise (right after F-22 supercruise). Does the F-35 really supercruise?

So in reading that there is mention of F-35 supercruise (right after F-22 supercruise). Does the F-35 really supercruise?

 

Nope, certainly not if you use the definition (also alluded to in the article) that the USAF put together to set the F-22 apart from its competition (i.e. better than Mach 1.5 without afterburner; the F-22 has done at least Mach 1.58). The F-35 could not dream to achieve those numbers.

Very interesting document, thanks.

Some highlights:

Page 28, 79, 94: about relatives maneouvrabilities.

Page 115: fly-off costs, F-16IN is half price than Typhoon.

 

Also, the maximum g-forces a F-35 can support is 7 g (5 g with external loads, as reference in my personal notes is stated the F-4E Phantom as 7,3 g clean, and 5,5 g loaded, and the F-5E Tiger is 7,33 g), and the F-22 can support 9 g, as MiG-29, Su-27 and variants, and almost if not all F-16 variants (Curiously F-15 only 8 g, and the latest variants of MiG-23, from the MiG-23ML, 8,5 g).

... Curiously F-15 only 8 g ...

 

IIRC, this was applicable to the F-15A model, with later models getting the full 9 G rating. (Of course, now with the age of most of the F-15 airframes still in service, they are probably back to 8 G or even less).