Why were WW2 pilots so kino
>its a 50/50 chance of getting hit but if you survive your future chances go up exponentially
>you probably learned to fly like 15 hours ago and your ground crew shows you how the engine works
>Either your entire unit is massacred/is grounded to logistics issues
>if you don't succeed you and your entire future generations will be either shamed or enslaved
>Your fiery death being witnessed by some clueless peasant
>Yeah you are probably going to accidentally drop a bomb on civilians or crash into a field kek
>Yeah youre probably going to get hit by friendly flak in your career
>probably will never score a kill in reality but have many claimed kills
>Frequently fly into the air with no idea where the enemy is due to shit intel and shit maps
Did I say WW2? I meant pilots of the oinkraine war.
I guess its more of a russia than ukraine thing, but tbf most russian losses are due to non plane air defense (from both sides kek) just like ww2
>long ass greentext cope before the F-16 are even flying
if the f-16 is operational soon, we wont be seeing air to air combat reports i dont think because russia will probably hide behind sams and not risk planes at all. Which i get because their pilots are irreplaceable, but ukraine has to kill the sams before the air combat kino happens.
>because russia will probably hide behind sams and not risk planes at all
Isn't that already a win?
Not for ace combat kino enjoyers, I need to see a su with 6000fps slow mo amraam up the ass explosion kino
>pilots are irreplaceable
Not in Russia*~~*~~)
Unlike decadent West we don't waste years teaching our pilots genders and BLM history.
>pilots are irreplaceable
They can't really afford to waste airframes either.
>25 Su-34s destroyed. If Ukraine's figures are accurate, the Russian air force would have around 105 Su-34s remaining in service. However, an unknown number may not be operational due to damage, a lack of pilots, and required routine maintenance.
They can always get new aircraft from the Chinks if they actually start having serious issues.
>because russia will probably hide behind sams and not risk planes at all
So F-16 will do more for a war than any other weapon system?
Are Russians now flexing their air performance in this war? They really have zero self awareness.
>Your fiery death being witnessed by some clueless peasant
>Yeah you are probably going to accidentally drop a bomb on civilians or crash into a field kek
>Yeah youre probably going to get hit by friendly flak in your career
Nah these are straight up descriptions of things that happened to Russians like bombing Belgorod.
>>you probably learned to fly like 15 hours ago and your ground crew shows you how the engine works
Only in USSR.
American pilots had about 250 hours of training before graduation. Primary training (take off and landing flying crop duster) alone took 60 hours, pilot needed to make 175 successful landings before he was allowed to move forward to more complex training and aircrafts.
It's Soviets whose entire training was 25-40 hours and German Aces record scores reflect that.
Also battle of britain british pilots, was another "existential threat" type of war
>Did I say WW2? I meant pilots of the oinkraine war.
I don't know about Ukraine but WWII pilots in Battle of Britain had a huge advantage that they usually survived bailing out, got rescued by fishermen or commuters and taken straight to the nearest airbase where they'd get back in a plane the same day.
German pilots perished at sea or became POWs, so they never went back to a wienerpit and their experience was lost.
Allies were really playing with infinite respawn and building hero units by throwing them into constant battle.
On the allied side, it must have felt like playing a tutorial level, nearly every opponent is green and you're over-levelled compared to them.
>if you don't succeed you and your entire future generations will be either shamed or enslaved
>>you probably learned to fly like 15 hours ago
US pilots got around 300 hours of flight time before combat missions. it's no accident the US won the air war.
fascinating bro
This post has convinced me that Russia is not pathetic, but actually very strong!
>pilots of the oinkraine war
did you just wake up from a 2 year long coma? air powe has never been relevant in this war