Comments by "Pogo" (@pogo1140) on "Ghost of Kyiv | Thunderbird Fighter Pilot Reacts" video.

Maj Stephan Tarabalka, the pilot in the photo was killed March 13 2022, according to Ukrainian officials he had taken off, accomplished his mission but was not able to return. The Ghost. part real part myth and legend. Btw Ace in a day is possible and has happened since WW1 Ex 22 April 1945, three American USMC pilots of VMF-323 shot down 16 Japanese planes over Okinawa. 16 September 1943, Major Gregory Boyington of VMF-214 scored five victories over the Solomon Islands while flying an F4U Corsair Hans-Joachim Marseille, shot down 17 Allied fighter on Sept 1 42 in 3 sorties over North Africa I figure the only reason it has not happened recently is due to the lack of air to air combat.
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Pilot skill not the plane.
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@ege5804 a pilot who is flying 200hrs a year builds up skills, a pilot flying 8hrs a month barely knows how to fly. That's the disparity that you are looking at in Eritrea
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@ege5804 the sukhoi did well the first time the US pilots fought them on their home turf. When the went to Nellis and fought the Red Air F-15's and F-16's they got their asses handed to them because the aggressors knew how the Indians trained and how they would fight.
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