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Originally Posted by Fireminer
Thanks! But that raise another question: Does the new trend of multi-role TSF like F-35 are the learning and conclusion of the US from USSR, not only in design but also about logistic, doctrine, etc? Or it's simply because we are only recently able to pack many abilities to a single TSF now?
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It's a mix of both, and this isn't a new trend. Even during the Cold War, there were attempts at multirole aircraft, and at this point only the US and Russia still maintain dedicated air superiority fighters (F-15A/B/C/D, Su-27 family, F-22, PAK-FA). Every other nation has gone the multirole route since the late 80s because of logistics and doctrine - if you can only have 100 planes, they'd better do as much as possible. Note F-15E and F-15I, the later blocks of the F-16, the Rafale, Mirage 2000, Typhoon, etc.