Last night, I was looking at a Russian-English web site and it worried me. Russia is upgrading all its’ weapons systems and training with them. Russians are proud of their military now and aren’t making jokes about them, like I saw a few years ago on the site.
http://englishrussia.com/2011/05/25/7-abandoned-wonders-of-the-ussr/
Compare the latest photos and posts with older ones.
That’s how an average Russian SAC AFB and Backfires look nowadays:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkq0v5t2BTs
Circa 1993 Russian Democrat government has seized military spending to virtually zero and relocated most of the budget on welfare and social programs to counter Communist agitation.
AF personnel wasn’t paid or even fed in months.
In about a year most of these bases were left to rot unattended with all the planes and ground equipment intact.
You could just drive a truck in and remove an engine from a jet or strip control room of electronic equipment.
I guess it is Obama’s plan for USAF.
BTW, these abandoned places were a playground for Chicoms to learn technology.