Originally posted by Seekerof
Here ya go Russian:
This article says 25 hours a year, perhaps I was being generous?
"Putin's plan to revamp a troubled military faces stiff resistance from top brass
VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press Writer"
Link:
www.cdi.org...

And this:
"Current State of the Russian Air Force
Assessment"
Link:
www.aeronautics.ru...

Excerpt:

"The former Air Forces and Air Defence Forces have now been merged into a single service (at a cost of some 93,000 posts), under Colonel General (Aviation) Anatoly Kornukov. Whilst still a large force, it has suffered from a decade of underfunding, which has led to a lack of modern airframes, abysmally low flight training levels and problems with repair and maintenance. It has also failed to adjust to the fragmentation of the Warsaw Pact and Soviet Union and the effect that this would have on Moscow's old integrated air defence system. In 1998, the deputy Commander-in-Chief of the air force expressed his desire for the annual flying hours per pilot to average around 50 hours. In 1990, the air force accumulated two million annual flying hours, by 1999 this had dropped to 200,000-230,000. This reinforced the moribund situation vis-à-vis aircraft and equipment. The flying hours for 2000 averaged 20 hours for the 37th Air Army, 20 hours for Frontal Aviation and approximately 44 hours for the 61st Air Army. According to Major General Dimitry Morozov, in 2000 less than 5,000 aircraft were `serviceable' (capable of being maintained and repaired), with operational strength at approximately 4,000 aircraft and helicopters. Of all serviceable aircraft, about 35 per cent are actually used, the rest being idled to save on airframe, engine and equipment stress. Only 20 per cent of the air force is said to be 'modern'. Problems are so serious that this once formidable air force is believed to be incapable of dealing with two large-scale strategic missions simultaneously. The outlook is particularly bleak for Frontal Aviation, where only 54 per cent of the front-line fleet is serviceable, and the 61st Air Army (the transport fleet) where 50 per cent of the fleet is serviceable. The lack of flying hours and maintenance may explain the air force's deteriorating safety record. In the first six months of 2000, accident rates increased threefold from the first six months of 1999. During the 1980s, the accident rate averaged one emergency every 26,000 hours. By 1999-2000 this had risen to one accident every 12,000-13,000 hours. In addition to the funding, personnel, aircraft and maintenance crisis, the RFAF is having to cope with inadequate ground support structures. The Air Traffic Control (ATC) system is decrepit, and airfield lighting is operating in `emergency conditions' in 40 per cent of cases. Combined with the poor training of many pilots and ground crews, the lack of spare parts and the often erratic performance of ground-control systems, the state of the air force has been seriously degraded."



regards
seekerof

Originally posted by SectorGaza

Originally posted by Laxpla
Hi, People are so competitive . Why cant the the Russians face they lost the cold war? There in denial . Well, I dont wana be mean, but who sent Russia Aid to feed your familys? Not the Germans. USA. Well, I dont want to be mean again, but Russia is a great county, but no comparison to the USA. During the 1980, we didnt reveal the Stealth Figther or the Bomber, that was a major key sucess in our history. I wonder what we have now? Well, Public we have Laser technology that would shoot down all your missles, there adding them to humvees, awacs, tankers, and fighters(Not sure about bombers). Even so, we have the new Metal Storm gun, Way more advanced mine like things( the mines are the best thing about it, check it out, LOL look at the camel in the movie how he runs). www.metalstorm.com. And USA has the money to do it. Well, I want to see all the USA haters (Cause they got owned by the USA) to seek onto google.ru and search some star treck stuff to compete to this.

first of all, www.dictionary.com

you wouldnt have all this stealth tech without pyotr ufimtsev which made the theoretical groundwork in the 1960s for methods that later used by US engineers to design the first radar-scattering "stealth" aircraft,
,anyways you spent billions on this stealth technology which later will be rendered useless by the advancing radar technology