Here's how the F-35 stacks up to Russia and China's fifth-generation aircraft

As the US starts to forward-deploy more of its F-35 Lightning, China and Russia have been putting the finishing touches on their own batches of fifth-generation aircraft - and they all express vastly different ideas about what the future of air combat will look like.

For the US, stealth and sophisticated networks define its vision for the future of air combat with the F-22 and F-35.

For China, they plan to use range to take out high-value targets with the J-20.

For Russia, their PAK-FA shows that they seem to think that dogfighting isn't dead.

Here's how the F-35 stacks up to the competition.