SN fighters arnt bad and their extra +1 fighter skill gives them an edge over UK/IJN however they have a HUGE weakness.

Huge weakness of SN FP is THEY ARE SO FREAKING SLOW . my turtle even run faster than it

lol in other words, Soviet fighters need to plan their interception to compesate for speed :p

In dogfights the main weapon is speed, especially now that everyone runs away when they meet someone with similar caliber pilots. SN and UK lack the speed to chase anyone down and force engagements. It used to be the same with KM but when they nerfed the attack they increased the speed abit putting it just between us/ijn and uk.

The upside to using T3s however is that most T4 players will think they have you at a disadvantage and think they can engage you easily. So if you are good enough with T3 fighters you can make them pay for underestimating you. SN's durability helps v T4.

SN T3 Fp are somewere between IJN and US .....if u micromanage u can takedown some US and KM T4`s but it hard to win something. You gonna feel the lack of T4s FP.....and about Dive bombers...they have nothing special Like the MN DB was....they are regular DB dont know why on NF site writes that DB is the strong point of SN. In my opinion SN DB are worse than IJN DB