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And that's for a modern type that's currently in production. I have no idea what wizardry is involved in keeping the Tu-95s and Tu-22Ms running.

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So even if their fleet of four Su-34 regiments, for example, is significantly below nominal strength - they're still having to run dozens of aircraft through life extension programs every year, and refurbishing or replacing somewhere in the low 100s of engines. And that's before any losses!

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If they're flying thousands of hours per year as reported, that implies they're having to remanufacture the planes pretty much every year on top of trying to replenish any losses. Plus Russian engines already have notoriously short lives, so those are likely getting replaced more than once per year.

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Also, I think a lot of people overestimate how many hours these airframes are designed for - these are not airliners designed to be flown for tens of thousands of hours, the typical combat aircraft is designed for 3-4000 hours, with programs to extend it requiring some degree of rebuilding.

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