They also fly in sim controls despite those being RB most of the time, because its slightly better. So its not saying much that the people who seek to eek out every single drop of performance and advantage they can get would use the plane that is 1% better.
Yes it can pull more AoA than the AMRAAM, which also makes it bleed speed faster than the AMRAAM. It still has quite a bit less range, especially if it pulls that high AoA.
Can’t wait to see F-14D with AIM-120C and AIM-54C+ alive and kicking my Tornado F.3 Late’s ass
and F-15EX with AIM-9X punishing me while I am struggling stock grind for unlocking ASRAAM at Tornado F.3 Late-Late or Tornado GR.4 Late.
Israel has a long history of improving it’s aircraft over the american production variants of an equivalent timeframe (90s F-15I was better than 90s F-15E, same applies for Sufa and USAF block 50 and so on), i have nothing to say about japan since I have little knowledge of their aviation industry