The Russian Air Force: Active Effectiveness

... technical support, as well as to carry out a sober assessment of the risks of provocative air interceptions and of combat operations lasting many weeks. The partially completed modernisation has created the illusion of effectiveness, whereas in fact the Air Force is a weak link in the unbalanced and overburdened Russian military machine. The claim that the special operation to seize Crimea was undertaken without the use of an air bridge simply does not correspond with reality. Crimea. Pavel Baev has an inadequate understanding of how the operation in Crimea was conducted. Until February/beginning of March 2014 an air bridge was ...