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Oh boy....

Do I want to touch this one?

Yeah.. I do.

NO the mig DOES NOT hold a candle to an F22. The Mig would never even see an F22.. and the Mig would only survive as long as the F22 wanted it to.

It is funny that you say that a Mig can hold a candle to an F22, and then you turn around and say that the F22 has been discontinued.. which.. although wasn't part of any discussion is REALLY ironic.. Want to know why it is Ironic?

The reason the F22 was discontinued is because it is TOO GOOD. The government didn't see the point in spending SO MUCH money on something SO POWERFUL. The f22 so insanely outmatches any other fighter plane on the planet that the Government decided it would rather spend the money elsewhere because it is OVERKILL.

So.. someone of course comes up with the F22a or F/A-22 in an attempt to save the F22.. by making it into a fighter plane that can DROP BOMBS on ground targets.. because that is all we ever do anymore anyway. Because we were wiping the skies of migs back when we were using 30 year old F-15 and F-16's.

Now.. We might start building a bunch more F22's real soon here, because supposedly Russia has this super powerful airforce, and all those Mig-31's and Su-37's are going to make us shake in our boots..

Yeah.. We'll see... as we always do.