Yet this aircraft relies on fighter excorts to protect it, afterall It is a gunship for offensive ops and just flares for defense against thermal lock missiles and zero defense of no rear, top or bottom gunner batteries to protect against figher aircrafts and drones... as flak and AA batteries from the ground can bring them down since there are more of them spread out even air to air anti-radiation munitions to EMP DEW systems or the nuclear-charged warhead missile that invokes an large AOE EMP to bring down all flown and guided threats. When the enemy has no air power or lack thereof it is easy for this bird to do plenty of damage and bring fear so far that has been the case of deployment and hasn't been used against a formidable power.