2012-06-08

SyAAF From The Archive - Part II


Another media video "Eagles Factory" published in 1979 for the celebration of the 31st anniversary of establishment of Syrian Air Force and Syrian Air Defense Force, its details are as below:
- 0:14 MiG-23MS with serial 1616 armed with four AA-2 Atoll (short-range air-to-air missiles)
- 0:59 MiG-23MS with serial 16xx
- 2:06 MiG-17 with serial 1345
- 2:15 MiG-17 with serial 2014
- 2:26 MiG-17 with serial 1349
- 2:29 MiG-17 with unrecognizable serial


This video represent some maneuvers took place also late 1970s, note the old Syrian flag -which is same as current Egyptian flag- used between 1972 and 1980, in details:
- From 0:06 numbers of Mi-8s one of them carries serial 194
- 0:25 MiG-17 carrying four FAB-100 bombs (two under fuselage and one under each wing)
- 1:46 MiG-17 with serial 1029 or 1039 firing gun
- 2:34 Mi-8 with serial 195 or 295
- 3:07 formation of five MiG-23MS
- 3:21 formation of four MiG-23BN
- 3:39 MiG-23BN releasing 16 FAB-100 bombs

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