But the Russian air force can't even enforce a 'no fly zone' over the much smaller military and air force of Ukraine and for some reason you think they can face off against the US air force or that of European nation's air forces? Have you paid any attention at all to what's going on there?

Isn't that just a bit silly to believe or are you attempting to troll Westerners into believing the Russian "Bear" is as powerful as Putin's lying generals told him it is?

The only thing Russia has that should cause fear outside of Russia are their nuclear warheads and is there any reason to believe they've been maintained and are launch ready, either? Or that the U.S. doesn't already have them locked in as targets? They should still be feared but Russia is already offering $50k US dollars to any Syrian mercenary or from anywhere else to fight for them in Ukraine. A supposed "superpower" doesn't have to hire private mercenaries to fight its wars.