Last Sunday, December 14, a Russian heavy cargo planeA-22, collapsed in two and seriously crashed near the Ivanovo air base, 250 kilometers west of . Russia has lost around 170 aircraft in combat since February 2022. That represents 10% of the pre-war fleet, as reported .
An obvious problem
This medium assures that the Russian Air Force (VKS) is going through a complicated situation, since Their planes are wearing out faster than their manufacturers can operatethis situation arises because she is close to turning 10 years old.
It should be remembered that the war began in February 2014,However, tensions have increased significantly since February 2022when Russia decided to invade Ukraine.
The same medium explains that despite the adversities presented to the Russians, their air force, currently, is still vastly superior to the Ukrainian onebecause it has heavy bombers and stealth fighters, powers that they lack.
The above does not interfere with the fact that “the Russian air force will be reduced because many of its approximately 1,700 fixed-wing aircraft they will simply wear out from overuse in general warfare.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if, when it’s over, between combat losses, wear and tear and the aging of its already aging fleet of aircraft, “The VKS could end up having a fleet of combat aircraft that is 40% smaller than it had before the war.”says Czech analyst Jakub Janovsky, in Euromaidan.
The problem transcends the military sphere because, according to the Ukrainian Foreign Intelligence Service, Russian airlines could lose almost 30% of their planes by 2030since the sanctions severely affect the aviation sector.
