Russian Air Force workout in Syria Oct 19-20, 2015 (Drone footage). Recently, the presence of different aircraft in the air space of Syri...
Russian Air Force workout in Syria Oct 19-20, 2015 (Drone footage). Recently, the presence of different aircraft in the air space of Syria has increased. These are civil airliners, military transport aircraft, combat aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles of different size including strike ones. It is to be particularly mentioned that the Russian air group coordinates every flight with the Syrian service for air traffic control. All the other manned and unmanned aircraft with the exception of the civil airliners are present in the Syrian air space without any accordance and with their transponders switched-off. It is not infrequent that there are over 30 aircraft in one area at the same time. Undoubtedly, all that creates risks for aviation in the skies over Syria. The Russian Ministry of Defence has repeatedly expressed its readiness to cooperate in the field of flight safety with all the states interested in the early elimination of the international terrorism in Syria. It is to be reminded that the Military departments of Russia and Turkey have organized a direct hot line for prevention of unintentional air incidents in the sky of Syria. Moreover, such format of cooperation is active between the Command centre of the Israeli Air Force and the Flight control centre of the Russian Air Force in Syria. Just this morning, the Russian Ministry of Defence has received the adopted memorandum from the American colleagues concerning the prevention of air incidents in the Syrian Arab Republic. It is expected that the document will cover the activities of aviation of all the countries of the anti-ISIS coalition. The American party committed to notifying the adopted rules to their partners, which conduct activities in the territory of Syria. The Russian Ministry of Defence considers the signing of such document an important step of great practical importance. That is why the Russian Ministry of Defence considers it necessary to continue the joint work on resolve other important questions. That includes first of all organization of operational cooperation in rescuing any pilots from any country in case of emergency in the sky of Syria. It will not be the matter of hours, but the one of minutes and seconds. Lives of people will depend on coordinated actions within such operations. Unfortunately, the severity of the question is not understood by the American colleagues. --------------------------------------- In the course of the last 24 hours, the Russian aviation group in the Syrian Arab Republic has continued performing strikes against facilities of ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra The Russian pilots carried out 55 combat sorties from the Hmeymim airbase engaging 60 targets in the Hama, Idlib, Lattakia, Damascus, Aleppo and Deir ez-Zor provinces. Near Ziara (Idlib province), air reconnaissance means uncovered a terrorists’ hardware concentration area. After additional reconnaissance check conducted with the use of UAVs, the Command of the Russian aviation group made a decision to destroy the target. Three infantry fighting vehicles and six SUVs equipped with large-caliber machine guns were eliminated by the strike. Near Qastun (Idlib province), a large base of illegal armed groups with a command centre and a camouflaged ammunition depot was destroyed. The strike of a Su-24M with a high-explosive bomb caused detonation of munitions, which completely destroyed the object. Near Hatla (Deir ez-Zor province), the Russian aviation destroyed a mini-plant manufacturing explosive devices and unguided rockets. A pinpoint strike of a Su-34 bomber eliminated the plant. Also in Deir ez-Zor province, terrorists’ command and communication centres, which had been used to coordinate five armed groups in the region, were destroyed. The target was located in buildings of post office, which had been captured by the terrorists. The object was eliminated with a guided bomb dropped from a Su-34 bomber. During the last 24 hours, the strikes of the Russian aviation resulted in elimination of the following targets: 19 command centres of illegal armed groups; 2 depots with ammunition; a plant used for production of munitions and explosives; 30 firing positions and concentrations of military hardware; 9 underground fortified facilities in the Hama province. After combat task performance, all the Russian aircraft have returned to the Hmeymim airbase. Less
