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2024-02-25 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Review of the Remaining A50 "Fleet" by Tail Number

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Posted by Slenter Panda4300 2024-02-25 06:35|| || Front Page|| [31 views ] Top

#1 USAF is retiring its E-3's, but I doubt they'd sell any to Russia.

Though, who knows, if Joe is re-elected at the neocons want to extend the conflict indefinitely.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-02-25 07:25|| 2024-02-25 07:25|| Front Page Top

#2 ...IF this is accurate - and the guy seems to have done his homework - the Russians may be beyond any possibility of taking on a peer-level air force until they get a functioning, fully manned AWACS force back.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2024-02-25 07:27|| 2024-02-25 07:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Wishful thinking. When useful production and deployment will occur quickly with many upgrades. Besides "Arguably, after two years of intensive operations over Ukraine, availability of remaining A-50Us is !!rumored!! to be ‘low’. That said, even at ‘best times’ (early during the war), the Russians never deployed them the way NATO would do so: i.e. it never kept 2-3-4-5 aircraft airborne and ‘on station’ for 24/7. This is simply not the way the VKS operates. Instead, they were deployed to improve the protection of zones of special interest".

Posted by Dale 2024-02-25 07:44|| 2024-02-25 07:44|| Front Page Top

#4 ^ *SNORT*
"Nothing to see here!"

Posted by Frank G 2024-02-25 07:53|| 2024-02-25 07:53|| Front Page Top

#5 #4, ^ Tissues in isle three.

Posted by Dale 2024-02-25 08:47|| 2024-02-25 08:47|| Front Page Top

#6 It's spelled "aisle", comrade.

Posted by Frank G 2024-02-25 10:39|| 2024-02-25 10:39|| Front Page Top

#7 beyond any possibility of taking on a peer-level air force

Where would they find one?

Posted by Skidmark 2024-02-25 11:30|| 2024-02-25 11:30|| Front Page Top

#8 Dale, you've been so full of $hit for so long you need to go to a proctologist for an ear exam.
OK, go ahead and ban me.

Posted by ed in texas 2024-02-25 17:45|| 2024-02-25 17:45|| Front Page Top

#9 ^ Not by me...perhaps you perceived

Posted by Frank G 2024-02-25 18:11|| 2024-02-25 18:11|| Front Page Top

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