That is, in a war, the F-35 needs to get closer to the An-12?)))

On the An-12, it costs nothing, except for the old old PDF (radiation warning), which will work (if at all), already in free fall, and heat traps from the Afghan war. This is a target. Overload no more than 3 units.

Indeed, here the Jews play with the F-35, ignoring the Syrian air defense system working on them, and return without losses. And there, by the way, there are S-300s.

Bravo, what is the An-2? :)))

Eugene, you are a little behind. All single-barreled 23 mm cannons on all aircraft were replaced with 2-barreled 23 mm cannons. Both on the An-12 and on the Tu-95. The replacement was so well thought out that it was carried out by the forces of the TECh regiment.

There is no need to keep the F-22 for the Su-57, there are no combatants for the Su-57)))

the second photo shows gsh-23

Yeah, it's true, if there is no aircraft on the plane, BKO and it flies like on rails. The Americans in the mid-50s also thought that the sparrows and sidewinders could replace the vpu, but for some reason they quickly screwed the vpu into phantoms and moments, why? for reference, an-12 is equipped with a PRS, which allows you to bring down planes in any conditions, day and night, and missiles from them too

Well, where are the downed fighters? The author, do not talk nonsense ...

The snapshot with 4 cannon barrels has nothing to do with the AN-12, tk. the AN-12 has only two 23 mm cannons.

In reality, An would not fly there.

Play giveaway - must!

Dmitry, I would even say, is more expensive than the An-12 regiment ... Judging by open data, the prices for one F-35 are hundreds of millions of dollars ... This toy is for display and prestige, and not for real military operations ...

I'm afraid that in a real battle, the fighter might not come close. Fired rockets air and air and that's it.

In a real battle, the AN-12 would have been destroyed by the missiles of any of these aircraft, without even detecting them with its own radar, not only visually. That is, they would have died without understanding why. Both F-35s could also be destroyed by the AM-23 cannons, but for this they would have to carry out a bunch of complex manipulations - turn off their radar and fire control system, get attached to the tail of the AN-12 and fly after it, maintaining its speed. After the defeat of the first plane, all these dances with a tambourine must be repeated by the second F-35, if Antonov, of course, does not run out of shells.

The most expensive plane is not a flying plane, as the Belarusian passenger aviation will soon be convinced. So they will intercept what is deployed. Otherwise, let's keep in Estonia F-16 for AN-12, F-15 for MiG-29, F-35 for Su-27 +, F-22 for Su-57. Wouldn't it be a little expensive, wouldn't it be a lot of honor?

This kind of news reminds me of 5-year-old children playing in the sandbox.

Well, Italians are heroes! As they say, from the howitzer - on the crows. The cost of departure of the 35s is more expensive than the An-12 itself. And even with the risk of falling under his guns. With these would-be pilots, you need to keep the cost of fuel burned and depreciation of a very expensive car. The decision to lift the 35s in this case is inadequate: An-12 could have been accompanied by conventional F-16s.

Is there a photo-machine gun record?

A real fighter battle is fought with missile weapons at ranges exceeding the firing range of AFT guns

This means that the fighters made a mistake, hitting the gun turret firing sector. In combat conditions, both of them would have been easily shot down. And considering that the AN-12 is a transport board, this is a shame for NATO members.

Still, stern, so it is accepted.

Not aft, but a tail! And what is rocking here?

Poor theoretical training of pilots. You need to know the performance characteristics of the planes of a potential enemy.