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To: Boogieman

” NATO’s combined air power”

...is currently grounded at a 50% or higher rate in most cases. Toss in some high flight hours and those wizard aircraft stay grounded.


7 posted on 09/12/2023 10:41:13 AM PDT by CodeToad (No Arm up! They have!)
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To: CodeToad
” NATO’s combined air power” ...is currently grounded at a 50% or higher rate in most cases. Toss in some high flight hours and those wizard aircraft stay grounded.

Whereas Russia's planes have crashed, been shot down by the Ukrainians, have their wings loaded with tires to reduce damage due to Ukrainian drones, or are rusting away on some tarmac in the Siberian wastes.

Regards,

20 posted on 09/12/2023 11:02:19 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: CodeToad

Take out the airfields and see where they land and takeoff.


29 posted on 09/12/2023 11:16:32 AM PDT by silverleaf (Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
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To: CodeToad

“...is currently grounded at a 50% or higher rate in most cases”

And when you have almost 5 times the air power of Russia, that doesn’t really matter much.


33 posted on 09/12/2023 11:21:53 AM PDT by Boogieman
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