I think WP nations had less resources and less time/skill/money to maintain aircraft. That and the east made more aircraft.
In the west we nurse aircraft along for decades because we only build a limited number at a time. Britian is a good example as our Tornadoes are over 30 years old now!
In the west we keep an aircraft going, in the east they just built a new one.
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