Russian Mig-29 Delivered to Syria: Report

reporter 1222 — Sun, 31 May 2020 10:21:41 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The army of Syria received a batch of MiG-29 warplanes from Russian sources, a report said.

According to state news agency SANA on Saturday, the delivery took place during a ceremony held in the Russian-run Hmeimim airbase in Syria’s northwestern province of Latakia.

The report added that the warplanes flew from Hmeimim to the respected Syrian bases. The Syrian pilots will start using the warplanes in maneuvers as of June.

According to the source, the newly-received fighter jets are “more effective” than their previous generation.

Meanwhile, Syrian forces continue to score territorial gains in their battle against foreign-sponsored Takfiri militants in the northwestern province of Idlib.

Idlib is the only large territory in the hands of terrorists after the Syrian Army managed to undo militant gains across the Arab country.

Russian troops were formally invited to the country by the Syrian government in 2015.

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2 US Warplanes Crash Off Japan; 2 Found, 5 Missing

reporter 1222 — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 08:41:36 +0000

A Marine refueling plane and a fighter jet crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Japan’s southwestern coast after colliding early Thursday, and rescuers found two of the seven crew members, one of them in stable condition, officials said.

The US Marine Corps said that the 2 a.m. crash involved an F/A-18 fighter jet and a KC-130 refueling aircraft during regular refueling training after the planes took off from their base in Iwakuni, near Hiroshima in western Japan.

The crash took place 320 kilometers (200 miles) off the coast, according to the US military. Japanese officials said it occurred closer to the coast, about 100 kilometers (60 miles), and that’s where the search and rescue mission found two crew members, AP reported.

The two aircraft were carrying seven crew members in total, two in the F/A-18 and five others in the KC-130, when they collided and crashed into the sea south of the Muroto Cape on Shikoku Island in southwestern Japan. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

The Maritime Self-Defense Force, which dispatched aircraft and vessels to join in the search operation, said Japanese rescuers found one of the crew from the fighter jet in stable condition. The Marines said that the rescued crew was taken to a hospital on the base in Iwakuni, but did not provide any other details.

Details of the second crew, including his or her condition, were unknown immediately.

The crash is the latest in recent series of accidents involving the US military deployed to and near Japan.

Last month, a US Navy F/A-18 Hornet from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan crashed into the sea southwest of Japan’s southern island of Okinawa, though its two pilots were rescued safely. In mid-October, a MH-60 Seahawk also belonging to the Ronald Reagan crashed off the Philippine Sea shortly after takeoff, causing non-fatal injuries to a dozen sailors.

More than 50,000 US troops are based in Japan under the bilateral security pact.

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2 US Warplanes Crash Off Japan; 2 Found, 5 Missing

A Marine refueling plane and a fighter jet crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Japan’s southwestern coast after colliding early Thursday, and rescuers found two of the seven crew members, one of them in stable condition, officials said.