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To: Boogieman

“Russians don’t have air superiority? They say it themselves by not flying missions...”


https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/09/us/politics/russia-air-force-ukraine.html

May 9, 2022 — Russian warplanes are generally flying 200 to 300 sorties each day, a senior Defense Department official told reporters during a briefing


38 posted on 05/31/2022 11:03:54 AM PDT by Cathi
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To: Cathi

From your own source:

“Russian planes, pilots and air-to-ground weapons have all grossly underperformed in the war against Ukraine.

The absence underscored President Vladimir V. Putin’s failure to build a capable modern air force, as Russian aircrews race in and out of Ukrainian airspace and heave unguided bombs while fleeing enemy surface-to-air missiles that Moscow has still not managed to destroy, even after 75 days of combat.”


39 posted on 05/31/2022 11:09:34 AM PDT by Boogieman
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