It will depend.
Antonov 2 and Mig-21 will fly much longer than F-16.
Helicopters might flight much longer than most aircrafts (no fly by wire on them at the time).
Mirage III will prove superior to Mirage 2000.
F-100 Super Sabre will find their way back to first line.
Mig-29 might become the most advance fighter.
The F-4 Phantom being my favorite aircraft and the one I always found the most impressive, I might not dislike that situation.
According to a retired french fighter pilot I know (he was operating in Africa in the 1950-1960), he often flown russian aircrafts as they could be fixed with anything. Once he used spares from a russian truck to make an aircraft airworthy.
DC-3, C-123 and Hercules will be the US air force mules.
And a cessna might become a mighty combat machine.
I have attempted to get around this subject but failed so far (too vast, much too vast).
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