Stealth fighters are typically equipped as fifth-generation jets.
The Dawn Army has acquired stealth technology, so their current fighter jets are rated at four and a half generation level.
The generation gap between fighter jets is nearly an insurmountable chasm.
A fourth-generation jet can easily crush a group of third-generation jets, likewise a fifth-generation jet can easily crush a group of fourth-generation jets.
The gap between four and a half and third-generation jets is like the difference between a professional boxer and kindergarten kids.
Especially in terms of stealth; the gap is already described as appalling.
If these jets from the Mountain River Base continued a guerrilla warfare with the Dawn Army, and slowly entangled in the plains due to their large numbers and stealthiness, it would still give the Dawn Army quite a run for their money, but this time, they've delivered themselves.
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