There's nothing else they can really buy and expect to have before 2026. The US won't sell F22s, they obviously can't buy Russian or Chinese jets, and Eurofight

There's nothing else they can really buy and expect to have before 2026. The US won't sell F22s, they obviously can't buy Russian or Chinese jets, and Eurofighters and Gripens have radar cross sections bigger than the super hornet. They could get even older plane designs, but that's not good enough.