Syrian Air Force
Aerial warfare branch of Syria's armed forces
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| December 10 2024 | The Israeli Air Force completed its extensive strike operation against the Syrian Air Force, effectively neutralizing almost all of its military aviation capabilities in the context of the ongoing Syrian Civil War. |
| December 8 2024 | During the Syrian Civil War, the Israeli Air Force began a series of strategic strikes against the Syrian Air Force, targeting and nearly destroying the entire air force to prevent strategic assets from being captured by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime. |
| November 2024 | Suffered significant equipment losses during an offensive by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham and other rebel groups. |
| 2020 | Major General Hasan Wadih becomes Commander of the Syrian Air Force. |
| June 18 2017 | US military confirmed that a F/A-18E Super Hornet shot down a Syrian Sukhoi Su-22 after it dropped bombs near SDF fighters south of Tabqa. |
| August 2015 | Syrian Air Force reported highest number of air attacks, performing 6,673 air attacks in July 2015. |
| August 24 2014 | Forces of The Islamic State captured Tabqa Air Base. |
| May 2014 | Russia announced plans to supply Syria with 36 Yakovlev Yak-130 aircraft, with a proposed delivery schedule of 9 aircraft by the end of 2014, 12 in 2015, and 15 in 2016. |
| March 27 2014 | MiG-25 filmed flying over Hama Eastern countryside, possibly delivering a bomb. |
| February 8 2014 | First reported activity of Syrian MiG-25 aircraft in the civil war, when two Turkish F-16s intercepted a Syrian MiG-25 approaching the Turkish border. |
| 2013 | Major General Ahmad Baloul assumes command of the Syrian Air Force. |
| October 2013 | Syrian insurgents took control of Kshesh Air Base. |
| October 22 2013 | S-8 armed MiG-29 spotted over Damascus, indicating the aircraft was being used for ground attack, possibly after specific pilot training. |
| April 2013 | Syrian insurgents captured Dhab'a Air Base (al-Qussayr) in southern Syria. |
| January 2013 | Syrian insurgents overran Marj al-Sultan and Taftanaz Air Base in north-western, northern, and southern Syria. |
| 2012 | Major General Issam Hallaq becomes Commander of the Syrian Air Force. |
| December 2012 | Syrian Air Force began firing conventionally armed Scud and ballistic missiles against rebel positions. |
| July 2012 | At the Farnborough Air Show, Russia announced it would suspend delivery of new aircraft (MiG-29M/M2s and Yak-130s) to Syria due to the ongoing crisis, while continuing to honor existing maintenance and refurbishment contracts for MiG-25s. |
| July 24 2012 | First attack sorties by fixed-wing aircraft reported, including L-39 COIN trainers using rockets, bombs, and guns, followed by MiG-21s and MiG-23s. |
| June 2012 | Air war further escalated with Mi-24/25 attack helicopters dropping standard aviation bombs up to 250 kg, and transport helicopters starting to drop barrel bombs and aerial IEDs. |
| March 22 2012 | Syrian Air Force escalated airpower use, with armed Mi-8 and Mi-17 helicopter gunships firing rockets and machine guns for the first time in the Syrian civil war. |
| 2011 | Center for Strategic and International Studies conducted a comprehensive inventory assessment of the Syrian Arab Air Force, documenting 575 fixed-wing aircraft and 191 rotary-wing aircraft, including 461 combat/reconnaissance aircraft, 76 training aircraft, 26 transport aircraft, 71 attack helicopters, and 120 armed transport/utility helicopters. |
| 2010 | Major General Ahmad al-Ratyb briefly leads the Syrian Air Force. |
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