Also, leave the poor Sherman alone ;). It was first of quite a decent design for time for its role (Americans never used tanks like Germans and Soviets did in the east), and similar to T-34 modernization being shelved in return for numbers (until shock @ Kurks of new German tanks ), the US specifically did not push for more modern tanks (M26) and waited to upgun the Sherman later than it could have, because they did not expect large numbers of anything past PZIV. That illusion was shattered when Europe was invaded.

Thousands of Shermans were used by the Soviet Army against the Germans, didn’t they use use it to take Vienna in 1945?

It was also heavier than most panzers, but I’m not sure the T-34 was so mechanically simpler than a typical panzer?

I stand corrected, I never hear much about them…

From 1988, both airfields?

The reading about how a Block 40 beats the baseline MiG-29A in terms of electronics and situation awareness is slowly getting old – it has been repeated til death since the Fulcrums were fielded in service with German Luftwaffe.

Take the F-16A Block 15OCU, for one, and make the comparison once again. Make it fair, baseline against baseline. I have serious doubts that the APG-66 is sooo much better than the N019EA..

It’s still a relevant comparison. The fact of the matter is, the majority of MiG-29s still flying today are the basic 9.12 models – they have never been upgraded.
There are of course IAF MiG-29UPG, IN MiG-29K, RuAF MiG-29SMT, and I believe Malaysian MiG-29Ns can carry R-77. You can compare those modern MiG-29s with their potential adversaries, i.e. PAF F-16 block 52/JF-17 versus IAF MiG-29UPG.

Over your own airspace.

You realise if an army wants to advance, it has to exert a measure of control the other guys airspace?

If you can deny the OpFor air cover and airborne warning – reducing the threat to your own CAS/A2G aircraft to (primarily) only their SAMs – you are well on the way to winning.

Have you any idea of the endurance and range of a typical Warsaw Pact combat aircraft at that time – about 150 kms from their own airfields.

Nothing alleged about it, and your comparison makes very little sense tbh.

Not aware of European history of the last 3 decades or so are we?
If a country or international organisation are doomed to failure, well then so are its military organisations – and that includes the weapons (including aircraft) equipping them.

How dare we compare the latest in service jets of the opposing sides.

Of course we can compare – it’s fun, but since when did the type of jet used ever make a difference to final victory?

That changed nothing in the times given.

That was my point.

The MiG-29 can be upgraded to make use of its superior aerodynamics compared to the F-16 like the F-18s to some degree.

Yes, true, But only the Indian air force.

You don’t need me to say something nice about the Mi-8, don’t we have enough people on this forum doing that already? The Mi-8 doesn’t need me to defend it – the 16,000+ production figure says enough already. It was just how some of the old cliches and were being trotted out – soviet/Russian tech could keep flying while puny decadent western aircraft remained grounded, blah, blah, blah.

I could slag off the Mi-24 though…:D