F/A-18E/F Super HornetFrom Popular Mechanics:
European airplane makers brag about their success against U.S. aircraft during recent war games, but the jibes sound more like sales pitches than bragging rights.
When there is more than $10 billion in weapons sales at stake, marketing can trump diplomacy during NATO air combat training.
NATO pilots routinely participate in war games with its members, during which flights of "red team" airplanes play the opposition and square off against NATO pilots in realistic encounters. Recently, a squadron of pilots of the Spanish air force flew Eurofighter Typhoons, a multirole airplane with good dogfighting abilities, in mock combat against U.S. Air Force F-15s in the skies around Gando Air Base, Gran Canaria.
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My Comment: As I am always fond of saying .... it's all about the money.