>>509290909 (OP) Probably because an overweight su-27 which in itself is extremely heavy isn't a very good airframe.
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7/2/2025, 10:59:43 AM No.509292000
>>509290909 (OP) Overuse leasong to wing fatigue, overstress of the pilots, higher risk because they now have to fly lower due to increased counter air missiles, so ruckus get punished instantly rather than have any air heights they can trade for safety. /Thread
>>509290909 (OP) Drunk Russian pilots with mere dozens of hours of yearly flight time are a threat to their own side
AnonymousID: JNYKvvDZ
7/2/2025, 11:03:47 AM No.509292157
>>509290909 (OP) All Russian/soviet tech newer than 1964 uses western technology and parts. Sometimes you need to replace parts for maintenance, and because of sanctions they can no longer get the same parts and sometimes they get cheap shit Chink copies that break easily.
>>509290909 (OP) >plane crashes during training flight haha those stupid russians, this kind of shit would never happen if they had a real airforce like the US air-oh wait
To be fair though, there is thousands of F-35s all over the world. Losing 7 of them means they have less than a 0.7% failure rate. Russia has apparently about 120 Su-34s and they have lost a whole lot more than 0.7% of them.
>>509292515 Not bad when you consider there are over 1,000 of them built vs just 170 Su-35s, and Russia have lost 6 of them in just the past few weeks alone.
>>509290909 (OP) local dad joke used to be, question: how do you aquire a starfighter?(F-104F) answer: get a small property and wait for it. (269 crashes in total)