I think on the whole these BR changes are mostly pretty good though i do have a few thoughts on various higher rank aircraft for the coming balance pass:
The incremental increase for most top tier aircraft is very good for overall decompression, though the Barak 2 & f16C don’t have the same potential or performance as fighters as the other proposed 12.7 aircraft which came in the latest major patch (flanker’s, grippen’s, m4k). While they do offer an increase in air to ground capability/avionics, this in my honest opinion is not enough of a step up over other nations capability around 12.3 to warrant an increase to 12.7 alongside such high performing air superiority fighters, at least until fox3’s and/or more modern IR’s come at which point any new missiles they receive can be considered.
su25BM: in RB is 11.0, 0.3 bellow the other more modern frog’s. This is reasonable since it is objectively worse is almost every regard. Though in sim, it is 11.3 alongside these more modern aircraft, i think it should go down to 11.0 matching its rb br to keep this distinction in capabilities between itself and the su39/su25T - as currently there is entirely no point to play it at its current sim br when considering the other vehicles.
Furthermore, all su25’s past the initial 10.0 version sit at very awkward BR’s considering their relative effectiveness in their job as CAS, the anti-air systems they regularly face, and the capabilities of other nations CAS at similar BR’s from 10.3 upwards. Generally, they can’t employ their weapons nearly as effectively as anything else at 11-11.3 - due to the nature of their slower airframe, poor optics relative to their performance & br, and poor ability to operate from defensible altitudes alongside their current contemporaries. Naturally the r73 is a strong missile, but something needs to be done as their current BR doesn’t accurately reflect their practical effectiveness in their intended role at all and potentially incrementally lowering all modern frogfoot br’s relative to other vehicles at their current BR should be considered. ~11.3+ is only appropriate for such slow & low altitude cas if they have capability to acquire and fire on targets fast with better optics and thermal capability, such as future aircraft like su25sm3 & a10C.
I also support the idea’s others have brought up in regard to the yak141 receiving its archers, potentially losing its (from my understanding) ahistorical limit to ER/ET’s only allowed on the innermost pylons - and going up in BR accordingly to at least 12.3 to match other light fighters with similar armament.
In the same vane, the mig29 9.13 should receive its r73’s and moved to at least 12.3 matching the mig29G - these were a core part of its primary armament from the beginning of its service and were stated to only be removed in game so that the missile guidance could be further worked on. We have had them in the game now for multiple major updates, and especially since the addition of the flanker - the playerbase has adapted to the missile and its implementation on high AoA capable fighters, there is no longer any reasonable reason to hold them back beside forcing unnecessary BR progression with very ahistoric loadouts. I wouldn’t mind the 9.12 also receiving them (and moving up to 12.3 then having the 29G foldered under it at the same BR, as irl it’s basically only an avionics refit to comply with nato standards anyway), though i do think it would make a fun & unique aspect to the east German aircraft to sit as the only mig29 at 12.0 without them.
Finally, like the f16c & Barak, the mig29SMT does not deserve to be placed at 12.7 alongside much more capable aircraft. It has a distinctively worse FM not only compared to all other proposed 12.7’s, but also against all current or proposed 12.3’s and all other mig29’s - while only having, at most equal but often worse ordinance load for both air-to-air or air-to-ground. The slight increase in radar/rwr/ground ordinance capability does not match the severe decrease received in FM performance, neither would any increased atg capability it may receive in the future with addition of the various laser guided ordinance & targeting pods it can carry - as this would only place it on par with current capabilities of other nations at the same BR. As such, SMT should remain at the same BR as the 29G at least until the addition of r77’s & more modern IR missiles.
If u got through reading all that well done, i know it was a lot haha.