Syrian military received the second batch of upgraded MiG-29 fighters. The exact number of aircraft received is not known..
This was announced yesterday by the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Damascus on its Twitter page..
Aircraft were received as part of military-technical cooperation between Russia and the Syrian Arab Republic. The diplomatic mission noted, that the Syrian pilots have already begun to master the received technique:
Syrians are already starting to carry out missions on these aircraft.
properly, it was not difficult for them, because by the beginning of the civil war, government troops already had dozens of such military vehicles. They were supplied to the Syrians by the Soviet Union since the mid-80s of the last century.
On the supply of Russian fighters to Syria 30 May reported the local news agency SANA. The ceremony of handing over aircraft to Syrian pilots was held at the Khmeimim airbase, after which the MiG-29 was transferred to the aerodromes of the SAR Air Force. already 1 June, local pilots were supposed to begin combat missions in the sky over Syria on new fighters.
To date, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have two military bases in Syria: Aviation in Hmeimim and Naval in Tartus.
Recall, that earlier in the African military command of the United States accused Russia of, what, putting their MiG-29 at an air base in Syria, she them “repainted” and allegedly sent to Al-Jufra (Libya).
