Syria – The Aviationist

Two F-16s struck IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) sites in Syria. Early in the morning on Oct. 27, 2023, two U.S. F-16 combat aircraft conducted what the Pentagon called “self-defense s...

https://theaviationist.com/2023/10/27/f-16s-strike-in-syria/

With the arrival of the F-35 stealth fighters, the Russian pilots have become less aggressive towards U.S. assets in the Middle East region. The deployment to the CENTCOM area of responsibility o...

https://theaviationist.com/2023/09/02/f-35-russian-pilots-syria/

Despite the damage, the unmanned aircraft was able to return to its home base. A U.S. MQ-9 drone and a Russian Su-35S fighter were involved in yet another dangerous close encounter over Syria lat...

https://theaviationist.com/2023/07/25/flares-damage-mq-9-propeller/

A day after the previous incident, a new one is being reported and it involves US MQ-9s and French Rafales. For the second time in two days, the US Central Command is reporting new incidents betw...

https://theaviationist.com/2023/07/08/new-unsafe-interaction-in-syria/

A video recorded by the drones’ sensors shows the Flankers lighting up the afterburners and releasing flares in front of the Reapers. After the collision with an MQ-9A Reaper over the Black Sea...

https://theaviationist.com/2023/07/06/russian-su-35s-harass-us-mq-9s/

The Russian aircraft are aggressively maneuvering against U.S. fighters during close encounters in the skies over Syria. Earlier this month, the U.S. Air Force Central Command released footage of...

https://theaviationist.com/2023/04/29/russian-warplanes-over-syria/

The raid took place in northeast Syria, near the Turkish border. One of the top leaders of Daesh’s Syrian branch was captured during a night raid in northeast Syria on June 15, 2022. The captur...

https://theaviationist.com/2022/06/17/u-s-forces-helicopter-raid-syria/

What we know about the U.S. Special Forces raid on al-Qurayshi in Syria and the MH-60M helicopter destroyed on the ground because it was “not going to be usable” for the return flight. U.S. P...

https://theaviationist.com/2022/02/03/u-s-mh-60m-helicopter-used-in-raid-to-kill-isis-leader-in-syria-blown-up-on-the-ground-by-u-s-forces/

The 492nd FS OIR (Operation Inherent Resolve) 2020 video includes an interesting low pass over al-Tanf garrison in Syria. In October 2020, the 492nd Fighter Squadron “Bolars”, belonging to th...

https://theaviationist.com/2021/03/16/492nd-fs-deployment-video-shows-f-15e-strike-eagle-flying-low-over-strategic-u-s-military-outpost-in-syria/

The Helicopter Safely Returned To Base After Checking Out A Possible Transmission Fault. A U.S. Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter performed a precautionary landing during an operational mission...

https://theaviationist.com/2020/09/16/u-s-army-ah-64-apache-attack-helicopter-performs-precautionary-landing-in-syria/

We have talked about the U.S. DIRCM systems, now we report about their Russian counterpart that is part of the latest upgrades for the helicopter fleet. Since the beginning of the 2000s, we have ...

https://theaviationist.com/2020/07/08/lets-talk-about-the-vitebsk-l370-the-russian-new-generation-directional-ir-countermeasure-dircm-system/

“PS191” watched Russian Navy vessel firing rockets off Tartus. An interesting event took place on Jun. 19, 2020, near Syria. On that day, Cyprus had a NOTAM (Notice To AirMen) up for Russian ...

https://theaviationist.com/2020/06/30/lets-have-a-look-at-the-recent-u-s-navy-p-8-poseidon-mission-to-watch-a-russian-navy-firing-exercise-off-syria/

We get a better idea of the area of operations of the P-8A that had a tense “close encounter” with two Su-35s. As we have reported in detail in this previous article, a U.S. Navy P-8A Maritim...

https://theaviationist.com/2020/05/30/heres-the-route-flown-by-the-us-navy-p-8a-unsafely-intercepted-by-two-su-35s-off-syria-last-week/

A fast and low flyby is a way flex muscles and intimidate those on the ground. An interesting new clip has emerged from Syria: it shows an F-16 Fighting Falcon (or “Viper”, as the type is dub...

https://theaviationist.com/2020/03/31/f-16-carried-out-show-of-force-over-hasakah-as-isis-members-tried-to-escape-from-syrian-prison/

An A320 had to make an emergency landing at Khmeimim air base, in Syria, after Syrian air defense almost hit the airliner according to the Russian MoD. News outlets around the world are reporting...

https://theaviationist.com/2020/02/07/airbus-a320-with-172-passengers-on-board-nearly-hit-by-syrian-air-defense-during-israeli-raid/