Kapten Trumm kirjutas:1990-2002 õhusõjad on olnud seni USA/NATO poolt täiesti alaväärsete vastaste segamatu kottimine.
Seega need trendide graafikud pole kogu tõde. Nagu osalised ise ütlevad "if BVR fails, it goes to guns and 'winders".
Graafik pärineb uurimustööst, mis on vähe põhjalikum kui videos mainitu ja käsitleb vahemikku 1965 - 2002.
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online kui ka
PDF kujul.
Sattusin paar kuud tagasi sellele peale ja oli väga hea õhtulugemine. Soovitan selle soojalt ilma igasuguse irooniata kasvõi laiuti läbi lugeda. Loomulikult on seal omajagu juba teada infot targemale lugejale ja egas kõike pea puhta kullana võtma, aga lohakalt see kirjutatud ei ole! Laia ülevaatena õhusõja arengust on see päris hea. Huvitavat infot
korralike viidetega on vahele pikitud ka omajagu, näiteks IFF süsteemidest ja nende mõjust ja arengust Vietnam vs Lahesõda. Autor ei ole muide ka sita pealt riisutud, vaid
suures osas uurimuses tsiteeritud ajaloost ise "sees istunud" RF-4C piloot, üsna eduka karjääriga ka pärast seda.
Ei nõustu ka mina 100% järeldustega, mis seal kirjas on (eriti mis puudutab infot aastast 1992+), aga ka tugeva skepsisega lugedes joonistuvad trendid siiski selgelt välja.
Mis õhuvõitude info pädevusse puutub, siis selle üle saab alati vinguda (kuid seda on nad ka ise esimesed tunnistama). Selle kohta pikemalt LK 14:
CSBA compiled a database of all confirmed aerial victories from 1965 through 2013. The primary source for the database is regional and national databases maintained by the Air Combat Information Group (ACIG). Where possible, the ACIG air combat victories were crosschecked
with official sources such as Project Red Baron accounts of U.S. victories and losses in Vietnam. The database contains information on 1,467 confirmed victories over fixed-wing combat aircraft. In addition to the date and nationality of the victor, all database entries include information on the type of aircraft claimed shot down and the type of weapon used (e.g., AIM-9, AA-2 Atoll, gun). In many cases the name of the victorious pilot and his unit are available. In some cases, ACIG has been able to cross-reference claims with officially admitted losses and provide the victim aircraft pilot’s name and/or aircraft tail number. The database contains victory claims for pilots from the United States, Vietnam, India, Pakistan, Israel, Egypt, Jordon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, the United Kingdom, Argentina, Venezuela, and Ecuador in
achieving confirmed air-to-air victories.
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While the frequency of aerial combat has declined greatly compared to the 1960s—1980s, the number of aerial victory claims registered since 1990 is sufficiently large to permit simple quantitative analysis of the kind presented throughout this chapter.
Väide, et Lahesõja esimesed päevad oli alaväärse vastase kottimine võib olla õige, kuid sellisel juhul oli seda ka Vietnam! Väljalendude arv ja suhe vastaste vahel oli täiesti võrreldav. Tsiteerin:
... In contrast, U.S. aircrew achieved a kill ratio of only about 2:1 against the North Vietnamese Air Force. Moreover, the Iraqi Air Force in
1991 was probably better equipped relative to U.S. forces than the North Vietnamese had been twenty years before, and many Iraqi pilots had combat experience from the recently concluded Iran-Iraq War. It is true that U.S. aircrew had much improved air combat skills derived from
training innovations such as Red Flag, Top Gun, and the USAF Fighter Weapons School and Aggressor programs. As previously mentioned, however, short-range maneuvering combat was rare during Desert Storm, and most engagements began with weapons fired before sighting
enemy aircraft. If we limit ourselves to examining only instances of aerial combat that took place during the first three days of Desert Storm while Iraqi aircraft were still attempting defensive operations similar to those flown by the North Vietnamese two decades before, then
the coalition victory margin declines to “just” 11:1.
graafikud on seal ka head. Siin üks näide:
Alles seda dokumenti lugedes jõudis mulle kohale see mastaabi vahe, mis on Vietnami aegse AIM-7 (ja F4) vs Lahesõja aegne AIM-7 (ja F4). On küll samade vidinate eri versioonid, aga mitte nagu just päris samad
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