Yes, 21 years in the Corps- Avionics on the harrier. Thanks for your service.
The Ghost could be bs, but there have been many reports of stinger effectiveness.
A typical SAM would be needed for higher elevation attack jets and bombers. A larger portion of Russian strikes have been at a low ceiling, and in some instances on a dive for placement.
Russians have some other disadvantages as well. They dont use GPS guided munitions and they cannot all be on GPS time together and therefore cannot use havequick technology (frequency hopping in time).
All that said, we too did air excercises that had Russian tactics involved. The intelligence and information used suggested that our avionics/weapons systems and pilot skill coupled with our arsenal of aircraft was far superior.
Thanks again for your service 😊
US pilots/air power/systems are superior to the Russians. That is not to say they are “rag tag” or Tunisians flying old fighters but I lived this world for 21 years. We still have air superiority in the world.