>>530217514
Oh the meta was the IR. There were no Fox-3, only SARH and after the introduction of the R-27ER the sky above 100m, for a year, belonged to USSR jets. Under 100m, the Aim-9M were kings.
The F-16 utterly dominated the mid to end game and nothing could contest them. Then the Gripen was added... it was unbeatable, with unlimited countermeasures and a nigger handeld flight model... it dominated for two weeks, the it got nerfed into the ground