Hi Gaijin,
Japan jets need serious BR down.
F-1, almost always meet Mig-21 bis. F-1 doesn’t have flare and only equipped with aim9p 20G rear aspect only against R-60MK 30G all aspect, is almost sure killed. The flying style of F-1 is almost similar like F-4, which fly like a brick against the agile Mig-21 or J-7D.
F-4EJ Kai, after Feb 2025 BR changes, F-16A will have the same BR with F-4EJ Kai.
F-5T SCU, many times facing Mig-21 Bison and Mirage F1C. F-5T only equipped with ONLY 2 Python 3 which is very easy flarable against Mig21 Bison R-27R or R-73 IRCCM or F1C with Magic 2 IRCCM.
And why F-15D Barrack II got BR down to 13.3 while F-16A OCU still 13.7?
By the way, will the F-16 AJ BR adjusted to 12.3 as well? Or only USA F-16 A?
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Under no circumstances is it undertiered at 11.3, especially since that’s the BR where the standard F-5E could be.
Agreed, I got my F-5T the other day and it was everything I hoped it was, an extremely fun plane that handles itself extremely well even stock as the IR missiles it has are the best you will find in-game that doesn’t have an IRCCM, and given you also have the HMS it makes it far more fun in my opinion than the normal F-5E. I wouldn’t argue the F-5T should go up in br but I would say it’s more undertiered than it is overtiered.
Also, the OP really hasn’t taken into account some very obvious things as most of what they point out is quite stupid, only the F-1 makes sense in ever going down in br, the F-4EJ Kai is a maybe but tbh I think it still serves as an argument for new and overdue AIM-7 variants, the F-16 OCU is getting an HMS when the br changes will drop and it has better missiles given its not stuck with a ARH missile that isn’t the aim-120 (and all things considered whether it should have some of its weapons or not, other F-16’s should by the logic of the OCU have the countermeasure caliber corrected since a bunch of the ones which have 60 in-game have 45 in their models just like the OCU) so it really shouldn’t go down in br like so for no reason, and the cherry on top being the F-16AJ which if anyone thinks that and the American Block 10 should be the same br then you may as well be blind because it has AIM-7 sparrows which alone makes it far better like the other F-16 airframes but it doesn’t have to suffer from extra weight making it outright better.