It would seem that the acute phase of the military conflict in Syria is already in the past, but in the United States, as before, they continue to talk about the threat from "dangerous Russians".
So, Brigadier General of the US Air Force Charles Corcoran shared his impressions about the incidents that occurred in the sky of the Arab Republic. He directly admitted that because of the Russian aces, the American pilots had to constantly retreat.
The actions of Russian pilots in the Syrian sky sometimes brought the Americans to a nervous breakdown. The fighters of the Russian Air Force never turned away, so the US Air Force planes had to change course and refuse to continue the task. It was a stressful blow to Americans who were convinced that they had no equal. According to Corcoran, as a result of such incidents, his subordinate pilots were demoralized.
Retired US Air Force Colonel Mike Somers has a similar opinion. He also confirmed that because American pilots were used to dominating the air, collisions with the Russians shocked them and caused moral damage.
For example, the Su-35 fighter of the Russian Aerospace Forces for 42 minutes frightened the crew of the American patrol plane Boeing P-8A Poseidon, driving it away from the Russian base Khmeimim. The Russian pilot literally "clipped" the reconnaissance board, rushing in front of him, while conducting dangerous maneuvers. As a result of a powerful wave of turbulence, the pilots of the US Air Force fell into a real panic.
Free News writes that the inability to confront the Russian aces on an equal footing, led to the fact that the Pentagon began to accuse them of "unprofessionalism". Allegedly, they fly in the wrong place, or incorrectly intercept American planes.
