Why is the Russian Air Force's activities abnormally low from the common sense of air operations?

(Hisohisa: Novelist / military critic, former executive SDF)

　More than 10 days have passed since Russia began invading Ukraine.Before the war began, all military experts, including me, predicted that air dominance over Ukraine would be Russia.Ukraine's aviation was expected to end in a few days, as early as a few hours.However, the Ukrainian Air Force is still working.

　Of course, the situation seems to be painful.The Ukrainian government has sought NATO to set a non -flying airspace, and is also looking for more powerful anti -air weapons than MANPADS (portable air defense missile system).It is probably because of the exaltation of the intentions of the suspicious "Kyiv's ghost" (the pilot of the Ukrainian Air Force, which is said to have shot down many Russian military aircraft in the air defense warfare).

　Nevertheless, to date, the Ukrainian air battle has continued to be called a miracle for the Ukrainian side.In the following, we would like to give an overview of the Ukrainian aviation in Ukraine and consider the reasons for the Ukrainian army to present future prospects.

ロシア空軍の活動は低調

　As of March 6, the Ukrainian announcements and the loss of air defense force are as follows.

・ Aircraft: 44 aircraft ・ Helicopter: 48 ・ UAV (unmanned aerial aircraft): 4 aircraft ・ Air defense system: 21 units

　The Russian army attracted 500 fighters / combat bombers and 50 strategic bombers around Ukraine.As for the wear rate, it seems good to think that it has been damaged as much as the Russian army invading on the ground, but the air force is expensive.It can be said that it has been considerably damaged.