How good is this L.M F-18

I see amongst all our messes currently ongoing in the UK at the moment, we've just put in a huge trillion Dollar order for a whole bunch of F-18's (various models)from the U.S. company Lockhead-Martin

Given that these things were the first to be designed/built/AND programmed and tested by Lockhead-Martin directly, and there are already questions being asked as to the wisdom of that decision in the U.S.(orinarily they like a separate company to do the programming)
How good are they ?

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firefall · 61-69, M

The F18 is a long-established design, and as I understand it all the bugs have been long ironed out. It's not as good as an F-22, but then it's like 1/10th the cost or something. I'd say it's an excellent decision, they're certainly far superior to the F-35, who is only at the start of identifying all the bugs of. They're probably the 2nd or 3rd best air to air fighter in the world.