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We all do! Big gun go BRRRRT.
Dude!Are you my brother by another mother? My family is well accustomed to me saying "Big car go BRRRMMM!" every time I see a cool, old car particularly a Bentley Blower or any Aston Martin.
I'm sure the Russians in that massive convoy outside of Kyiv a while back, wouldn't have thought so...Meh! Personally I feel the A-10 is overrated in the present age.
That had to be every A-10 pilot's non-gender specific nocturnal emission.I'm sure the Russians in that massive convoy outside of Kyiv a while back, wouldn't have thought so...
And yet where were the SU-25s that Ukraine already has and which would have been just as effective?I'm sure the Russians in that massive convoy outside of Kyiv a while back, wouldn't have thought so...
Not if the Russian SAMs are ineffective.Meh! Personally I feel the A-10 is overrated in the present age.
This would imply that they are not:Not if the Russian SAMs are ineffective.
I don't see a lot of fixed wing strike aircraft losses that mention SAMs. A very few give us the necessary info to decide on the SAM risk to strike aircraft, like:This would imply that they are not:
The Ukrainian Air force also operates Su-25s. On 26 February three Su-25s from the 299th Tactical Aviation Brigade were lost. "Blue 19" and "Blue 30" were shot down over the Kherson region.[96] The pilots were presumed dead. Photos of the wrecks of the two Ukrainian aircraft were published.[97][98][99] A third aircraft from the 299th was lost, but the pilot, Andrey Maksinov was captured by Russian forces.[100] Ukrainian media acknowledged that the pilot was Ukrainian.[101] The next day another Su-25, "Blue 39", piloted by Gennady Matulyak was shot down near Hlibivka Vyshgorod, Kyiv region.[102][103] On 2 March, one Su-25 from 299th Tactical Aviation Brigade piloted by Oleksandr Korpan was lost over Starokostiantyniv, Khmelnytskyi Oblast.[104][105][106] On 10 March one Su-25, "Blue 31" was shot down near Nova Kakhovka, Kherson.[107][108][109] On 14 March another Su-25 was shot down by Russian forces in Volnovakha, Donbas region. The pilot, Roman Vasyliuk, was captured by Russian forces and later released on 24 April, in a Russo-Ukrainian prisoner swap.[110][111] On 22 March, a Ukrainian Su-25, heavily damaged in combat was recorded in video.[112] On 15 April, a Ukrainian Su-25 was reportedly shot down by Russian forces in Izyum.[113] The downing of the aircraft was recorded by a military camera in thermographic mode.[114] The pilot, Captain Yegor Seredyuk, was reported as being killed near Izyum on 15 April.[115][116]Seredyuk was awarded the Hero of Ukraine order.[117] On 14 May a Su-25 from 299th Tactical Aviation Brigade piloted by Captain Serhiy Parkhomenko was shot down in Huliaipole, Zaporizhzhia Oblast and the pilot killed.[118][119]
Yes, but are they equiped with the latest Garmins?Czech Mi-24 assault helicopters enter the fight in Ukraine
The Ukrainian military confirmed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have received its first attack helicopters from the Czech Republic. According to Defense Express, recently received Mi-24V Hind armed assault helicopters, donated by the Czech government as part of its military support, were used...defence-blog.com
Wasn't the A-10 designed at the same time as the Soviet-era SAMs the Russians are using now? This IS the environment the A-10 is intended to fight in.