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Western (USA & NATO) vs Russian Pilots – who is better? Join me as I tackle this monumental question and explore the ins-and-outs of two ways of war, that really aren’t comparable.
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00:00 – Pilot Skill in Context
01:10 – The Basics
01:20 – Flight Hours
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post Ukraine fail copium video. NATO is a decade away from hypersonic weapons, i.e. a clown show.
Great analysis. Terrific research. Justin Bronk is a brilliant guest.
Russian pilots are much more experienced in flying nonreliable aircraft, crashing aircraft, eject aircraft, being shotdown. So their survive skills are better compared to NATO pilots which skills are better in flying, combat and teamwork.
Flight hours, better aircraft, better training, etc…. these are all reasons I hear as to why NATO pilots are better than USSR… er… Russian pilots. Here's a huge reason as to why the scale is tipped so heavily in NATO's favor: NATO pilots train constantly against one another and fight Red Air adversaries using Red tactics. Russians do not practice this concept in the sense of defensive BFM or counter-offensive tactics. They don't train to be on the defensive. Their doctrine truly has them believing that they simply won't find themselves on the defensive.
Russians look like imperial pilots
any male pilots of roughly equal training will do better than women, females in the military is a joke
Flight hours says Nato. Even if everything else was equal – and it very much isn't – this is the killer stat. "Less time in the air, the more your @$$ is bare," a Certain WWII Ace.
If the war in Ukraine says anything it seems that there is not much to say about Russian pilots, it's airforce and the management of them both. They are more and more invisibel and flyes mainly in Russia or deep inside occupied areas.
It's also the type/how they are using those flight hours. Pilots can have hundreds of flight hours per year, however, if those flight hours and or most of them are just literally just flying around, than it's crap training.
Russian air force isn't the Soviet anymore however, last couple years have shown that
How VERY biased of you !!!!
The best fighter pilot is one who blends the professionalism of "Iceman" and the passion and aggressiveness of "Maverick".
Which is best…the RAF obviously.
The Iraqi Air Force under Saddam were trained and equipped based on USSR standards and the results spoke for themselves. US technology has drastically improved since I was fixing F-16s at KKMC (and those F-16s are long retired, later Blocks being far different despite external resemblance to the novice). US flying hours per pilot have been drastically reduced to save money and fleet age is far older than in 1991, but training quality and ability to generate high sortie RATES remain. (Sortie rates should get more love but they don't excite spectators who don't really care about operations, just their shiny object fantasies.)
If you need that question you far to ignorant to understand the answer.
Russia not good pilot 😂
Russian pilots are not good. They lack initiative, simulator and flight training. However, Russian SAM systems are quite good and a danger for NATO aircraft.
Good program! It seems russian operations are dependent of guidance from a command center, like GCI and the pilots have to follow those orders guided from the ground, That requires good communications! However seen demonstrated that those communications can be completely jammed out from adversaries. So what do the russian pilots when all communications are lost? Suppose they have alternative procedures to act independently from ground control. Like defect to the west as in MIG-25 that landed in Japan.
I can not comment on NATO pilots vs russian, but I will tell you that American pilots have already proved themselves against russian "honchos" in both the Korean, and Vietnam wars. We showed them the quick way to terra firma! Russian pilots will never have the esprit de corps that American pilots have.
Nato have more allies
I really think you are confused about your own video. The only topic is the quality of the pilots, not the equipment or tactics used in force structure. There is no doubt the NATO pilots are better trained. NATO has the ability to send pilots to TOP GUN in the US. Italy also has a special training school for NATO pilots. It is all about training which becomes muscle memory for different scenarios. The Russian pilots are just as capable if they received the same training. Russia uses a different mindset in the way it would fight, pilots are the last to know what they should do in combat because the orders trickle down from the top by people who are not in the fight. How can you say the Royal Air Force is the busiest Nato Air force?
One country vs entire alliance sounds fair it's like saying to prove your are better is to have bunch of buddies to defeat I person
40+ minutes to say the answer? NATO, WITH BETTER AIRCRAFT, BETTER TRAINING, BETTER MAINTENANCE, BETTER PILOTS, BETTER STRATEGIES, BETTER PROFESSIONAL ETHICS, BETTER ALL AROUND, while Russia is a laughing stock in EVERYTHING!!!!!
NATO wouldn’t need United States or Canadas help to defeat, Russia, they would do it on their own no problem bring in the United States, would be overkill
NATO also goes to Red Flag and Green Flag at Nellis, coming from several SW bases.
NATO would dishrag the Russian air force. Because of budgetary issues Russian pilots barely get any flight hours each month.
While NATO Air Forces may have shrunk, and became less relevant after the fall of the USSR, the Russian Air Force has been slowly dying from atrophy, and the corruption that is rampant in it. From procurement, maintenance, technology, and training, the Russian Air Force has been largely stagnant at best, and decaying at its worst. NATO and the US in particular has continued to expand its R&D and development of advanced aviation and weapons systems. Russia, and China to a larger degree can only manufacture cheap copies of the advanced combat aircraft in the NATO inventory. But one of the biggest advantages NATO pilots and aircrews have over their Russian and Chinese counterparts is; their comprehensive training, skills, expertise, and experience as combat military aviators. Also the command and control ability in NATO to strategize, and deploy at every level of command.
Additionally the cultural differences are important. Russians have a history of Soviet centralised control. Western countries have a more unconstrained culture. Both of these are often reduced under military training but the personalities are always there despite the training.
Nato pilots would win in a heartbeat in a dogfight. Unfortunately, by the time the Nato pilots got past the Russian air defense systems there wouldn't be many of them left to make a difference.
Flying or drinking alcohol ?
As if it would be close….Russia is like Texas vs the world, NC. No Chance!
It's got nothing to do with the pilots. They don't even get within 100 miles of each other. It's down to the who has the better equipment.
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Whether it was NATO Russian pilots who get into a bunker fight as I’ve been told it’s all down to who’s the luckiest in the acm who wins although when you add in a dash of skill and experience you may just may have the skill and luck to stay alive on that day
Obviously NaTO , they have more influencers on social media !
No idea, but simulators would suggest that the first pilot who manages to lock on to his target has the better chance. Question is, would it matter (much)?
NATO was gobsmacked by Russian performance in Syria doing 80 sorties a day with only 4 or five planes.
Let's see how Ukrainian pilots get on after 1 years training on the F16. Then we can comment.
These are exactly the issues we were taught and discussed when I was a NATO fighter pilot in the UK in the early 1980s. I really appreciate the specificity from Chris, Billy and Justin in this video, applying the lessons learned over the past two years. Very well done.
This is one of the best evaluation videos I've seen on Utube. No AI (Almost Insane) generated creepy voiced, rah rah patriotism, incorrect planes and click bait titles.
Russian air defense humiliated planes from the West in Vietnam 🇻🇳
The way the Russians have preformed in the Ukraine says it all !!! They just don't have it !!!! its obvious they dont know what they are doing, !!
Russia pilots are trained to be tools NATO pilots are trained to be the weapon