On paper yes, but the lack of pilot training and absence of modern munitions greatly retarded that big force to the point of just dropping glide bombs from behind the lines and returning to base If this is your operational capability it doesn't matter if you're flying Su-35 or F-5.
Russia doesn't have dedicated SEAD squadrons like we have and that was their greatest weakness from the first hours of this war. And Ukraine's method of attaching AGM-88 HARM to ancient Su-24s quite simply isn't good enough. It takes more than that.
And let's not ignore the elephant in the room. We're flying wooden biplanes in an age of all metal fighters. 5th gen fighters are a necessity. It's the same reason why Israeli air force is able to carry out strikes in Syria with impunity even in an airspace controlled by S-400 systems.
Russia has dedicated SEAD, not only in air but in space as well. Russia is among the top 5 in space-based ISR, any radar that is activated in Ukraine, they can see the emission and get a general approximate location. These areas can be targeted with anti-radiation missiles, but it's not as simple as that. It is very difficult to truly disable an IADS to have unrestricted access, while all-in-one mobile SAM systems exist in the country. Optics have gotten so good, an AD system can hide and scan the sky 10s of kilometers away, and prepare an ambush at any given time only activating its radar during the attack phase.
Ukraine already had a large AD force in the country before the invasion, SEAD/DEAD is going to be a years long operation not 1 month shock and awe as seen in Iraq. This is a fallacy that spread because of US performance, but no one remembers that in the 10 years before the invasion. The US was repeatedly striking Iraqi AD targets from 1991- 2003.
The US lost two F-117A's in Serbia as well. the second one only acknowledge recently, was damaged beyond repair but managed to return back to base. This was with 1960's AD in a very poor country.
Those S-400's as well are under Russian control, and they do not defend Syrian Airspace, they defend their own airbases. Israel even with its 5th gen aircraft do not dare enter Syria airspace, but instead launch long range missiles from the Mediterranean and in special cases Jordan.
Israelis are using airstrikes on targets they could easily hit with artillery. Why would you fly F16 sorties in gaza when you can get the job done with laser guided artillery shells and Heron UAVs? I don't know. Their methods make little sense but daddy USA pays the bill so it's alright I guess.
JDAMs are rather simple weapons and can be made cheaply, that's not the issue.
We mostly drop laser guided bombs on such easy targets, we don't even waste JDAMs on everything
Because a 155mm shell won't level a 7 story building. They use Jdams to target the underground foundations of these building to bring them down. They are trying to flatten the whole strip. They also do not have enough shells to flatten the strip either. Most shells are getting consumed in Ukraine, and this was ultimently my point. You will find that in a war that doesn't last 1 month, inventory will deplete very quickly, and if your equipment is very expensive to replace, chances are production time is long as well.
JDAMs atleast the ones that America makes are not cheap at all (20k for a single 500lb gravity bomb), and their stocks are not unlimited. If the superpower of the world has 23,000 JDAMs in stock, and the Israeli's are proudly announcing they are doing like 300 strikes every day. That's only 73 days of inventory + some production. Fact of the matter, is that non of the nato countries are fit to fight attrition warfare, and that's where the playing field will begin to turn. The key is to be durable and hardened enough to live during that difficult period. Which is what HZ and Hamas are prepared for including Iran.
A good example of this is the Saudi intervention in Yemen. They had 7 years of air superiority with all American fighters and apaches. They wanted to do shock and awe in first 3 weeks to dethrone the revolutionary movement. They survived, and Saudi capability on its own began to deteriorate.