Airport comments for Syria

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Base for Russian airstrikes

🔗 Sat, 30 Jan 2016
— @david at Hmeimim Air Base, Syria

Russia has been using this airport as its base for launching airstrikes in Syria since September 2015.

Captured

🔗 Sat, 30 Jan 2016
— @david at Palmyra Airport, Syria

Captured by ISIL in May 2015

Kariatain NDB frequency error

🔗 Wed, 28 Nov 2012
— Anonymous Flyer at Shayrat Air Base, Syria

Kariatain NDB is actually 372.5 kHz.

Good job too.

🔗 Tue, 05 Jun 2012
— Anonymous Flyer at As Suwayda West Air Base, Syria

debkafile’s military sources report. Several rebel bands firing mortars set fire to fighter aircraft and assault helicopters in their hangars and ripped up runways at the As Suwayda air base

Iranian Connection

🔗 Tue, 11 Sep 2007
— Anonymous Flyer at Abu ad Duhur Air Base, Syria

This airfield is owned and operated by a nearby Scud missile factory that employs many Iranian workers. This airfield has also been used as a drop off point for Iranian weapons shipments.