Tag: air force

The Iran Escalation Trap | Robert Pape | TMR

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Regime change wars have never been successful from the air with conventional weapons. Administrations get wooed by the ability to strike targets with precision from afar, and forget that blowing a bunch of stuff up and killing important people doesn’t end a regime’s ability to suppress its people or fight back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YptXQ3UFumQ

Could Iran hit US Air and Naval forces?

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Could Iran hit US Air and Naval forces?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yiv3QkQIYZs

F-22 Raptor getting some upgrades to help the US maintain air-to-air superiority while we wait for the next air-to-air fighter.

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F-22 Raptor getting some upgrades to help the US maintain air-to-air superiority while we wait for the next air-to-air fighter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N_0L9uASjA

Why China and Russia can track the F-35

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Although stealth delays radar detection, its more important role is making stealth planes hard to target with weapons. The wide bands of radars that can detect the planes are not able to locate them accurately enough to target them with weapons. No stealth is invincible, so mission planning is also key.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CvdMbWGHTA

The ‘Doom Loop’ is facing the Air Force – Can it survive?

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The U.S. may not have enough pilots to win a long war against a peer competitor. It takes a long time to train pilots, and they don’t stick around because flying commercially pays more. The pilots we do have don’t get enough flying hours. The U.S. Air Force has similarities to Japan and Germany’s air forces at the beginning in WWII. Germany and Japan did not have enough pilots or a robust enough pilot pipeline to maintain skilled pilots throughout the war.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Tl-8VOAxXg

Ukrainian F-16 Pilots Just Did the IMPOSSIBLE Overnight

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Ukraine’s F-16s are helping it shoot down missiles that ground-based defenses and Ukraine’s Soviet aircraft have trouble with.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ-IA0GLvqY

How Not to Lose Your Air Force (On the Ground) – Hardening, modern threats & air base defences

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Advanced air forces are vulnerable to enemies destroying their planes on the ground. Having a cheap drone destroy your ridiculously expensive plane is a bad exchange. Air forces can build hardened shelters and decoys to limit the damage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr-wqGyF4cU