Experts told Business Insider the Ukraine war has underscored how some elements of modern air combat are radically changing.
And in fights like Desert Storm and the Iraq War, the West established air superiority by taking out its opponent's air defenses.
The Russian air force can't meet Western air forces air to air in a major attack without being "shot to pieces," Bronk said.
"Nobody really wants an air war with Russia," said John Baum, a Mitchell Institute expert and retired US Air Force lieutenant colonel.
"It is not a highly desirable thing, I think, from either side, to want to have this air war."
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