Belesarius Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 theweek.com/articles/565028/russian-air-force-falling-sky Curious as to see the take of people on the forum about this, especially our Russian friends. Is the tempo of operations that Russia is doing taking a toll on the older aircraft? Considering the US is having financial issues keeping the A-10 flying, and the Air Force wants to cut them to spend the $ on F-35s, and Russia is being hit pretty hard by sanctions in regards to the ongoing issues with Ukraine, are their financial resources strained with the current operational pace? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 Sanctions are not a problem, planes age and lack of maintenance in 1990s/2000s is. Tied 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 There are some issues with spares for older Soviet designs being manufactured outside of Russia. Main SU-25 plant was in Georgia, and some components of SU-30/35/whatever superflanker were made in Ukraine. Projects to provide domestic replacement parts are ongoing. Tied 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tied Posted July 12, 2015 Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 There are some issues with spares for older Soviet designs being manufactured outside of Russia. Main SU-25 plant was in Georgia, and some components of SU-30/35/whatever superflanker were made in Ukraine. Projects to provide domestic replacement parts are ongoing. Sanctions are not a problem, planes age and lack of maintenance in 1990s/2000s is. Both of these sum it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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