Interesting stats:
s of Nov. 17th:
Over these 48 days, the Russian aviation group has made 2,289 sorties and delivered 4,111 missile strikes on the terroristsâ main infrastructure facilities, munitions depots and manpower locations.
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/50714
and for the mathematically challenged:
2289/48 = 47.7 sorties per day
4111/48 = 85.6 missile strikes per day
4111/2289 = 1.8 missile strikes per sortie
They are doing this with a minimal-sized airgroup, as well. The Aviation world seems to be especially impressed by how many sorties the SU-34’s appear to be doing on a daily basis, without a major maintenance break.
REMEMBER! Back when Russia first started bombing ISIS, all of the FR neocons were pretending that the MiGs would all break down from the sand...