When it comes to me, any plane flies like a brick, hehe.

Really though, I'm not experienced enough in flying to see a difference.

Since Patch 1.5 the J10 turning circle is NOT so good as the F35 - which means that with equal pilots the F35 should normally win in any fight against any other jet - although TBH other factors count a lot as well (MAIN one being spotting the enemy jet, so you are getting in the correct position behind the enemy to start with etc.)

The closest contest now is between the F-18 and the F35, but you only really get the chance to try that on Wake if the PLA manage to cpature the F-18 when it has spawned once the USA get the airfield.

The F35 is certainly the fastest accelerating jet in the game in a dive (always was), but loses speed very fast in the climb too - and the F35 has (in my opinion) the sharpest handling (flicking, rolling and changing direction) the best machine guns and the tightest bomb drop of any jets in BF2, making it the overall nicest jet to fly, and the most deadly against ground troops and targets.

Additionally (not many people seem to realise this) the F35 can remain under cointrol at a slightly higher altitude than any other jets in the game (an extra 150 feet on Dragon Valley or Wake for instance, compared to the J10). Once it goes above its maximum altitude though, it loses control very quickly, and slides off the map like it was on ball bearings.....

The J10 used to be almost impossible for an F35 to shoot down (unless you were hgjw or one of the other leet jet jockeys), but not any more (since 1.5)