Americans are quitters?
French Rafale
Anglo/German Typhoon
Swedish Gripen
Indian Tejas
Chinese Vigorous Dragon
Maybe the question is why the USA is staying with the heritagw wingform?
Hey! I didn’t say quitters, did I? I just wondered why we’ve wandered away from that design, while other countries have pursued it. Notice how much these pics you’ve posted look a lot F-16? At least I see a lot of that in there.