The myth of Russias "missing air force" in Ukraine is dangerously false. As of 2026, Russia maintains 565 operational combat aircraft, including 120 MiG-31s, 90 Su-34s, 90 Su-35s, 100 Su-30s, 50 Su-25s, 20 Su-24s, 15 Su-57s, plus 85 strategic bombers (Tu-95MS, Tu-22M3, Tu-160). In 2025 alone, they received 56 new jets (20 Su-34M, 20 Su-35S, 10 Su-30SM, 6 Su-57).For comparison: USAF (fighters + bombers):F-16 (762) + F-15 (342) + F-35A (385) + F-22 (183) = 1,672Bombers: B-52 (76) + B-1B (45) + B-2 (19) = 140So the USraels USAF has only x3 more operational jet fighters and x2 more bombers than Russia.In July 2026, Russia dropped 8,385 KAB guided bombs, plus 211 air-launched missiles and 87 Kh-101 cruise missiles. Compare to the US "Epstein Fury" operation against Iran (March 2026 - peak month): 9,835 guided bombs (7,420 JDAM + 2,415 SDB), 642 JASSM/JASSM-ER, and 876 ship-launched Tomahawks. Russia supplemented with 126 Iskanders, S-300 ground strikes, 50 Kalibrs, and 5,142 long-range drones (Shaheds).The US surge emptied stockpiles. Russia sustains this every single month for over four years, while ramping domestic production. That is not weakness - its industrial warfare the West cant generate due to deindustrialisation.Russias air force conducts 200-300 sorties daily, uses stand-off glide bombs (KAB-500/1500) with 40-200 km range, and adapted to SEAD by using decoys and electronic warfare. Their strategic bombers launch cruise missiles from the Caspian and Arctic, bypassing Ukrainian air defenses.The US campaign in Iran was a one-month sprint; Russias is a four-year marathon. Dismissing Russian aviation as "nonexistent" ignores reality: they are grinding Ukraine down through attrition. Underestimating them invites catastrophe. Ukraine holds only with Western aid and its own fanaticism.
>>541791270>That is not weakness - its industrial warfareHello ChatGPT
>>541791270where's your xD signature FAGGOT i wasn't supposed to see this thread
>>541791484>>541791519Russias military potential is designed for power projection only near its borders. Meanwhile USrael is overstretched around entire planet.
>>541791484ChaGPT wouldn't use its instead of it's
>>541791270>navy has more planes than the airforce>marines have planes too>army is designed to fight a war by itself with no help from any other branches>not including air national guard as wellWe mog russia air superiority wise
Aircraft is vintage technology, drones replaced all over forms of artillery
>>541791270Ah, the polish faggot shill is back againCraving for engagementWhat happend with your "nigger pov thread"?
>>541791584US Navy & Marine Corps:F/A-18E/F: 550, F-35B/C: 236 (183 F-35B + 53 F-35C) so far less than USAF
Why DID The West deindustrialize to the point of exhausting at least 1/5 of our stockpiles in a failed war?
Oh boy, another "pole of jewish descent xD" thread
>>541791586nigga artillery is for supression and saturation. drones for kamikaze or survelliance attacks. totally different purposes.
>>541791666I could be wrong on numbers but not including the other servivces aircraft is giving a misleading pretense. We have a fuckload more airframes.
>>541791270Russias airforce has been pathetic in this war.
>>541791574Too bad it cant project any power more than ten miles across its border.
>>541791270You know usa would annihilate this air force in the first 24 hours
>>541791853you lost to iran btw
>>541791270The contention is not that they are CURRENTLY inactive. The contention is that the failed to make an impact in the initial battles to take Kyiv, and the beginning of the war in general. They failed to such a MONUMENTAL degree, that academic papers have been written on the subject, in terms of it being a great mystery, how such a mega failure could even happen. Russia should have taken Kyiv something like, as easy as the US took bagdad (21 days). Their MASSIVE advantage, in every aspect, in terms of air power, should have played a MAJOR role in this.
>>541791911Is that why israel is more secure and powerful than ever? Because iran won?
>>541791911Luxuries are so not my thing
>>541791484Exactly. That's quintessential AI phasing>that isn't just a,b,c>it's x,y,z
>>541791853Entire territory of Ukeaine is being hit daily with missiles, drones and bombs. Russian aircraft cant fly easily all over Ukraine because the country still has huge soviet AD stockpiles plus all possible Western AD systems saturated all over the country, but Russia hits Ukraine all the time with its tactical and strategic aviation. USrael wasnt flying all over Iran either and relied mostly on stand off strikes and the only platforms that were really flying over Iran were Reapers, thats why like half of the active fleet was already destroyed
>>541792024Russia is being bombed daily as well. More than ever before. Russias attack on the ground are less effective than ever before. This after 4 years of warfare. Longer than it took the soviets to defeat the nazis. One would think if you daily chat gpt spam was accurate that ukraine would show signs of weakness and not be more militarily capable than it was on day one of the war. Now leat compare what russia could do in 2022. Sweeping offensives deep into ukraine, putting kyiv under seige, seeping movements in an attempt to destroy large parts of the enemy army. Now ziggers like you calibrate if russia manages to capture a chicken coop. Nafo shills are talking about Russia attacking the baltic states again. Thats just laughable considering how totally incapable the russian military is at this stage of the war.
>>541791574It's performative projection. USrael doesn't produce enough to even maintain AD capability let alone other munitions which also need a long period of ramp up before production is feasible.
>>541792225>Russia is being bombed daily as wellThese wimpy strikes with using lawnmower FP-1/FP-2 drones are more a terrorism than real high energy strikes even more useless than V2 vs London. Ukroids launch a swarm of 300 drones in one direction, Russians shoot down 99% of them, like 2 or 3 drones make it through, they cause some fire and thats all. Russia has currently the best air defence in the world. If Mexican cartels launched such a 500 drone swarm vs USrael, 100% would reach their targets xDThe only important target that these primitive Ukro-drones can damage are delicate refineries and thats the only real problem>NORTHCOM Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. Joseph Jarrard just warned the US is defenceless against a drone swarm attack on US soil:>"We dont have the sensors… [or] effectors to go after that problem. We cant detect drones and we cant shoot them down".https://files.catbox.moe/0i5mwc.mp4
>>541792447Yeah i guess russia didnt need all these warehouses and oil refineries anyway. You know the more you spam this daily cope the less convincing it is. Russia is an embarrassing failed state and putin it a retard who destroyed his country for nothing.
>>541792447Why must russians always cope? Why cant they just say that ukraine is tougher than expected but they still think they will win?
Russia gets in a fight with their neighbor that is 1/5 their size.closing in 5 years later, Russia is covered in scars, being bombed on a daily basis... nearly 1.5 million casualties and at least 250k confirmed killed... an economy that will likely collapse the moment the war stops...Russia: "We're grinding them down! All according to plan!"
>>541792618These strikes are not a proof of Russian weakness tho, more like a growing strenght becausd Russian air defences become better and better, retaliatory strikes vs Ukraine become stronger and stronger. The fact is that _any_ NATO country including USrael would devastated by such low radar/heat signature lawnmower drones. Russia shoots down 99%-100% of them at least with modern solutions that NATO doesnt field at all such as FPV interceptors. After these last strikes vs Kiev, number of UkroDrones launched daily was reduced from 500 to 50 xD
>>541792665Ukraine is a 404 country, 4x more deaths than births, 50% population escaped the country and/or got killed on the battlefield and soon they will lose the economy too xD
>>541792836And you will still wonder why your neighbors want to join nato
>>541791270Massive military buildup in Belarushttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-vwpnvjrFg&t=11s
>>541793281Russia is only defending itself from the EU/NATO military/financial aggression. Ukraine is a pawn in this West vs East proxy war.
This ruskie nigger is trying really hard LOOOOL
>>541793526Russian Mi-26 Helicopters will soon land in Lithuania
>>541791584>army is designed to fight a war by itself with no help from any other brancheswhen was this the case? Complete rubbish. US Army wouldn't dare set foot anywhere without complete air dominance and not drive 10 miles without being able to call CAS.
