Tk3997

The Typhoon is not that much better then a late model F-15 its current radar is actually worse and so are it's current weapons. It still uses the AIM-120B with the Meteor "in the pipe" and an upgrade to be able to the use the 120C also planned (since the Meteor has been delayed even more recently). Meanwhile the US is already moving into the AIM-120D and a design for a ramjet AMRAAM was already drafted, but rejected. This is also comparing current USAF F-15s if we look at possible variants such as the Silent Eagle the Typhoon arguably becomes inferior. The Typhoon is a lightweight tactical fighter and it shows as though it can roughly match the performance of older heavy fighters like the F-15 (and some models of the SU-27 family) it is not decisively superior in any meaningful way. The F-15s raw thrust, ample fuel supply, and superior sensors would serve it far better in 90% of modern air combat scenarios then the Typhoons nominal advantage in low speed handling would. (Even this would go away if one went for a truly radical new F-15 variant as experiments have shown the F-15 can support all the goodies that make current SUs the beasts they are) The US has over 600 F-15 still in service and the lines have orders for years to come so if a need suddenly appeared newer model F-15s would be purchased, likely as a stop-gap to restart production of F-22s if the need was truly dire. The Eurofighter would never even be considered and rightly so.