Hard on the heels of an ‘all out’ effort of the day before, the VKS continued in similar fashion: 8 fighter-bombers got airborne by 00.18hr, 10 others by 00.39, and 12 more by 01.00… By 01.20, the Russians thus had 34 aircraft over Syria.
Second wave commenced launching at 01.53: ‘just’ 8 aircraft, then a break.
Third wave started at 03.37: ‘just’ 5 aircr…