Comments by "Big Blue" (@bigblue6917) on "Royal Canadian Air Force Choose the F-35" video.

  1. It is surprising how somethings can focus the mind.
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  2. I think we have to be very careful about what lessons we learn from the Russian Ukraine war. For one thing the Russian armed forces seem to have been caught out by the invasion as much as Ukraine. There are Russian air defences to take on drones. But the botched invasion has left the Russian armed forces in such a complete shambles that they were rarely used. And the average Russian pilot gets between one third and one half of the flying hours his NATO counterpart does. And, unlike the west, he does not specialise. So he may be flying air defence one day and attacking SAM sites the next. NATO has squadrons dedicated to dealing with SAMS. The pilots will fly an average of 200 hours per year on training and exercises. They will take part in things like Red Flag or Top Gun which is probably two of the most comprehensive exercises for pilots to fly in. Yes, there may well be lessons to learn, as you said. Though I have a feeling most of those will need to be learnt by the Russians. I think the first lesson they need to learn is that the surprise in surprise attack is for the enemies forces and not your own.
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