Originally Posted By: SUBS_17
They've tested stealth aircraft fighting alongside Superhornets in a many vs few exercise and how F22s are used is they fly behind enemy lines and just send datalink information to AWACs. Then just a few F22s with dozens of superhornets are capable of holding off a much larger force of Migs. Because the Superhornets just use the tgts illuminated by the F22. And F22 guides the missiles to the tgts while the superhornets are just a missile platform.


Seems like a smart idea !

Datalinks are not easily disrupted (but I guess anti-satellite strike could disrupt something?)

Probably the importance of AWACS, and such support assets, becomes crucial in peer-vs-peer war.