Russia has delivered to the Syrian army the next batch of advanced and modernized MiG-29 combat fighters, according to the official Syrian news agency SANA.
A Syrian military source said in a statement to the agency that within the framework of military and technical cooperation between Syria and Russia, and within a special ceremony held at Hmeimim base, the Russian side delivered the next batch of advanced and modernized MiG-29 warplanes to the Syrian army.
The source added that the planes, which are more effective than their previous generation, carried out their flights from Hmeimim base to their areas of concentration in the Syrian military airports.
He stressed that the pilots will start from the beginning of June 2020 to implement the scheduled shifts of these aircraft in Syrian airspace.
Source: Sana
