Seems like the F-22 still needs some time to morph into all it can be in the fighter role, IMO.

BTW, that "Not a pound....." was the slogan of the original design team for the F-15 and had nothing to do with the F-16.

The F-16 was the winner of design/fly-off competition with the YF-17 (which eventually morphed in the F-18) in what started as the Lightweight Fighter (LWF) program. The LWF was supposed to be a day/VFR visual fighter supplementing the all-wx/BVR capability of the new F-15.

Early on in the development, the LWF concept was changed to a fighter/bomber replacement for the Thud and F-4 as well as NATO countries older aircraft. By the time the production began, there was no doubt the F-16 was a fighter/bomber replacement and the rest is history.