I heard that russian pilots have offered a friendly dogfight with F-22's and Su-35's but the americans rejected, so about that Pacific vision i can't confirm. But yes, super hornets and f-35's don't have TVC so it is normal for them to find it hard in a dogfight with Su-35's and 30's (depends on what model of the 30 it is, lots of them :D). I'd call the Su-27's even with the hornets.