A Russian military blogger said that a Sukhoi fighter plane had been downed while it was dropping air bombs.

One of Moscow’s fighter jets has been shot down by Ukrainian forces, according to a military blogger with links to the Russian air force. Another pro-Moscow milblogger said that the Sukhoi Su-34 aircraft had been downed by a Western-supplied F-16.

  • s_s@lemm.eeEnglish
    23·
    2 months ago

    If the USAF doesn’t want to deal with the A-10s supply chain, there’s a good chance Ukraine doesn’t either.

    The only thing that keeps the A-10 flying is Congressional mandates from a few jobs-oriented congressmen.

    • Madison420@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      2 months ago

      It’s a morale booster. Marines want a battleship to roll-up and lob explosive vws at the enemy and the army wants to keep it’s brrt buddy. With more modern electronics and better drone link they’d still be very capable at the job they are built to do.

      • AEsheron@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        I mean, they made to strafe tanks. Pretty sure they were actually terrible at that when first introduced.

        • Madison420@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          2 months ago

          They did fine, budget dweebs just never thought they were enough of an advantage to offset the cost. They stay in service because people in the actual field want them around, it’s the same reason a lot of obsolete “useless” weapons stay in service.