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.

  • AEsheron@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

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

    • Madison420@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month 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.