Air Strikes by VKS & SyAAF, 25 & 26 June 2017
I’m extremely sorry, but I simply lack the time for more than ‘just the statistics’ for the last two days.
I’m extremely sorry, but I simply lack the time for more than ‘just the statistics’ for the last two days.
25 June
VKS
fighter-bombers: 12
helicopters: 5
UAVs: 6
recce: 0
SyAAF
L-39s: 1
helicopters: 6
MiG-21s: 0
MiG-23s: 0
MiG-29s: 7
Su-22s: 8
Su-24s: 13
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26 June
VKS
fighter-bombers: 12
helicopters: 7
UAVs: 9
recce: 1 (over western Idlib)
SyAAF
L-39s: 4
helicopters: 11
MiG-21s: 0
MiG-23s: 2
MiG-29s: 5
Su-22s: 9
Su-24s: 10
General observations:
The VKS is now usually flying for 2–3 hours after midnight, and then late in the afternoon.
The VKS is launching 4–6 sorties a day over eastern Syria. Since there are no reports about these bombing anything, it seems the aircraft in question are Su-30SM flying CAPs there.
Notable are intensive ops of SyAAF’s Su-24s: on 25, two of these launched even from Nassiriyah.
SyAAF’s MiG-29s are now usually active shortly before dawn, and then during the morning.