SyAAF MiGs in Hama AB

Finally, SyAAF made it and released a considerably wide report for some of its air power in Hama AB. 
In my opinion, this was a reaction for the increasing calls -I noticed from pro-regime Facebook pages- for the SyAAF to publish in media its power similarly to the Russians they did in Lattakia airport.

The aged 2306 MiG-21bis was there piloted by Col. Wisam Juneid and fitted with four FABs. 

At tarmac of the MiG maintenance yard, two MiG-21UM's are stored; one of them carries the serial 2366.

MiG-23MF with serial 2657 fitted with rusty FAB's for ground attack missions.

I think this 2771 MiG-23ML is deployed from Dmeyr AB temporarily to Hama AB, that's because of the shortage of Jets in this base which suffered a big loss since the beginning of the Syrian Civil War, not to talk about the increasing number of decommissioned airframes thrown here and there all around the base.

The same applies for the 4000 MiG-23MLD which was based with its 4005 sister in Shei'rat AB as seen previously, especially that Hama AB doesn't need interceptors now. 

The 4005 MiG-23MLD is seen in a HAS while the 4000 was stationed at tarmac.

Photos from SyAAF ABU DhHOUR AFB

On 9th Sep. 2015, Jaish Al-Fateh "جيش الفتح" led by Jabhat Al-Nusra "جبهة النصرة" overran Abu DhHour airbase and took control of the whole airfield. I'm not going to talk here about the operation in details as this was the fruit of more than two years of besieging the airbase with uncountable trials to penetrate the defensive lines to take over this base which a lot of towns around suffered from.
It's just important to mention the sand storm which rebels prefer to call "Gift from Heaven" which provided a cover from the SyAAF aircraft used to bombard the advanced rebels upon calls from the airbase itself.

The aircraft left in the airfield are just scraps and useless, most of them are the first generation of MiG-23MS which were delivered to SyAAF on 1974 just after the 73 war. The other MiG-21s are non airworthy anymore as the regime -and especially after downing two MiG-21bis sometime in 2012- worked to flee whatever operational out to Hama AFB.

I collected a lot of photos -with special thanks to all those allowed me to use their photos here in my blog- and watched hours of videos and came to prepare the below key-maps for the eastern and western sides of the airfield in order to understand the type/variant and location of each seen aircraft, I recommend to download them here with full resolution:
- KEY-MAP (EAST)
- KEY-MAP (WEST)

As can be seen, the aircraft inventory in this air force base is as below:

MiG-21 (5 in total):
- MF 1518
- MF 1942
- bis (unknown serial)
- UM 2369
- F-13 (unknown serial at the gate guard)

MiG-23 (17 in total)
- MS 1602
- MS 1605 (first SyAAF aircraft to be hit by ATGM at the beginning of the unrest)
- MS 1612
- MS 1619
- MS 1620
- MS (unknown serial 8 nos.)
- MF 2677
- UB 1750
- UB 1752
- UB 1795

Mi-8 (3 in total)
- T 1282
- T 2904 (knocked out when shelling the airfield by mortars)
- T (unknown serial, hit by ATGM on 8th Sep. 2014)

I will update this list in case more photos come to public: last updated 13th Sep. 2015

SyAAF 1282 (82) Mi-8, notice the rail fitted from inside the cabin back to the bottom of boom, this is for laying anti-tanks land mines

Knocked out SyAAF 2904 Mi-8 apparently by mortar hit when the rebels shelled the airfield

SyAAF MiG-21bis decommissioned inside a HAS (serial could be 2319)

SyAAF 1518 MiG-21MF

SyAAF 1942 MiG-21MF

SyAAF 2369 MiG-21UM inside one of the double HAS

There is large bone yard of MiG-23s at the western side of the airfield distributed on two groups

The western group of phased out MiG-23s is to the far west of the airfield include MS & UB Floggers

The second group is to the east of the first one and consists of MS Floggers only

The most recent aircraft phased out in this airfield is the on on the right of the photo which is the 1750 MiG-23UB

Inside a HAS the single MiG-23MF with serial 2677 decommissioned

R-60 and R-23/24 missiles are thrown beside this Flogger, they are not bombs finally and 'useless' for SyAAF in this civil war!

I tried a lot trying to read the serial of this MiG-23MS but did not come to an accurate conclusion, I just think it can read 1600

One of the most interesting photos here is for the 1620 MiG-23MS with its Sapphir PR-21 radar exposed

The 1750 MiG-23UB

Stunning bird's eye shot for the first group of phased out Floggers, the closest one is the 1620 MiG-23MS while the one next to it is the 1752 MiG-23UB

R-60 Air-to-Air missiles inside the HAS houses the 2677 MiG-23MF

R-23/24 Air-to-Air missiles also

First Photos from Abu DhHour AFB

Today, 9th Sep. 2015, a bunch of great photos came to public from Abu DhHour air force base after units from Jabhat Al-Nusra succeeded to penetrate the defenders and hold the gate and the western side of the airfield. We will expect more in the coming hours.
Above is units pose in front of phased out SyAAF MiG-23s (MS and UB).

Tail fin of a SyAAF MiG-23UB carries the serial 1754.

Could be the same UB here.

Bone yard of SyAAF MiG-23MS/MF/UB near the north eastern HAS's.

SyAAF MiG-23MF -sadly the serial is incomplete- decommissioned inside a HAS.

Remnants of R-23/24 air-to-air missiles.

Hope someone there is -as interested in serials as me- would make a photo tour recording all serials of those Syrian Floggers. 

What I'm still looking for is some photos for the MiG-21's at the furthest south eastern HAS's in the airfield in addition to clearer photo for the damaged 2904 Mi-17 there.

Spotted Aircraft/Aerial Vehicles over Syria: May 2015

What's new this month: Tadmor AB fell into the hands of ISIS (Daesh) and hundreds of air raids recorded over Idleb towns.

Below is the list of spotted 'Aircraft and Aerial Vehicles' over Syria during the month May 2015:

PROVINCE	CITY/TOWN	DATE	AIRCRAFT	LINK
Lattakia	County	01-05-2015	Su-24M2	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzERMN01AY0
Idleb	Jabal Azzawiyeh	03-05-2015	Su-24M2	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez0_sX5HvuA
Homs	Northern County	06-05-2015	Su-22M	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yLXr4fhpEE
Homs	Northern County	08-05-2015	Su-22M	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jInWLnlxq0
Idleb	Jabal Azzawiyeh	08-05-2015	Su-24M2	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjFbSL2V8Mk
Homs	Northern County	09-05-2015	Su-22M	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0qW4OjtVI0
Raqqa	Raqqa	09-05-2015	UAV	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kR9L81Ya3s
Idleb	County	10-05-2015	MiG-23MF	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD0qLBhb0vc
Idleb	Jabal Azzawiyeh	10-05-2015	UAV	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvX6Hk9tdYM
Idleb	Jisr AsShughoor	11-05-2015	Unknown	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93x30Qx2N_M
Aleppo	Al Zerbeh	11-05-2015	Unknown	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhHDtcUiy_g
Damascus	Joubar	11-05-2015	MiG-23BN	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msvW_uhFrsw
Damascus	Eastern Ghouta	12-05-2015	MiG-23BN	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD2Qr1kBfs8
Aleppo	Aleppo	13-05-2015	Su-24M2	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6jT-xig_Is
Homs	Tadmor	14-05-2015	Su-22M	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRe1BibHkcY
Homs	Tadmor	14-05-2015	Su-22M	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neiFyDT5mO0
Idleb	Jabal Azzawiyeh	14-05-2015	Su-22M	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TgmfuNbV0I
Idleb	Jabal Azzawiyeh	14-05-2015	Su-22M	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqNiegbR8pc
Dar'a	Northern County	15-05-2015	Unknown	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_oCVcinrE4
Idleb	Jabal Azzawiyeh	16-05-2015	Su-22M	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBT46njVThs
Idleb	Mastoomeh	18-05-2015	Su-22M	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm8nFFrnr9o
Idleb	Jisr AsShughoor	23-05-2015	Su-24M2	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRHn4eNACUo
Homs	Tadmor	25-05-2015	Unknown	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0gIR6Jyau4
Deir EzZour	Deir EzZour	25-05-2015	Airliner	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCr68s4-yhc
Deir EzZour	Deir EzZour	25-05-2015	Airliner	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06d5RkjlvvY
Aleppo	Aleppo	26-05-2015	UAV	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY18pj77OXA
Idleb	Jabal Azzawiyeh	27-05-2015	Su-22M	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiTGWPMrAkM
Idleb	Jabal Azzawiyeh	27-05-2015	Mi-14	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLVXtdWLQzU

Spotted Aircraft/Aerial Vehicles over Syria: March 2015

Below is the list of spotted 'Aircraft and Aerial Vehicles' over Syria during the month March 2015:

PROVINCE	CITY/TOWN	DATE	AIRCRAFT	LINK
Lattakia	Salma	05-03-2015	Mi-14	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7g3eDKx8Gs
Idleb	Jabal Azzawiyeh	06-03-2015	Su-22M	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyXwArJ21mw
Aleppo	Northern County	07-03-2015	Su-22M	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjeClqPb2QI
Damascus	Beit Sehem	07-03-2015	MiG-23BN	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8atTpGonxE
Idleb	Taftanaz	07-03-2015	MiG-23MF	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEuqKozkK2Q
Idleb	Taftanaz	08-03-2015	MiG-23MF	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEEzEdhMfgg
Idleb	Mar'eyan	08-03-2015	MiG-23MF	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6j_iSe8tuU
Damascus	Joubar	08-03-2015	MiG-23BN	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWsOnvqLLO8
Homs	Northern County	09-03-2015	Su-22M	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oHQSVM7Z2U
Homs	Houle	09-03-2015	Su-22M	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wie98zwEc3U
Homs	Housh Hajjo	09-03-2015	Su-22M	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GidLrWKlOgE
Homs	Talbeeseh	09-03-2015	Su-22M	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCOT7qG8YN4&feature=youtu.be
Aleppo	Handarat	09-03-2015	Su-22M-4	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE27OBQeXUA
Idleb	Ma'arret Annu'man	09-03-2015	Mi-25	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PTpZ38zgGo
Idleb	Albara	09-03-2015	Mi-14	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H1dwU1Qz2Y
Idleb	Albara	09-03-2015	Mi-14	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dpuElZFsMA
Idleb	Jabal Al-Akrad	10-03-2015	Mi-14	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UefjofP7EBg
Hama	Sahl Al-Ghab	10-03-2015	Mi-14	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5tMIu0ePMw
Damascus	Deir El-Asafeer	10-03-2015	Unknown	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V--qBhj24EE
Aleppo	Unknown	10-03-2015	Unknown	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTXA9IAp5xE
Idleb	Jisr AsShughoor	10-03-2015	UAV	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_gnTV5jb68
Damascus	Eastern Ghouta	15-03-2015	MiG-23BN	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1lhLD7kUb0
Idleb	Kafrenbel	16-03-2015	MiG-21	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aCufQiFKmE
Damascus	Eastern Ghouta	17-03-2015	Unknown	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nRI406-f28
Damascus	Eastern Ghouta	18-03-2015	MiG-23BN	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AExALrt1zc4
Idleb	Saraqeb	18-03-2015	Su-24M2	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbLdQ03VeXM
Idleb	Saraqeb	19-03-2015	Su-24M2	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRaOUMaryzg
Idleb	Bennesh	19-03-2015	Su-24M2	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oB2f6RvvSY
Aleppo	Handarat	19-03-2015	Su-22M	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O37i3oeZwAE
Idleb	Mantef	20-03-2015	Su-24M2	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEw2qqlrVhA
Idleb	Hantooteen	22-03-2015	Su-22M-4	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdrDUqKZpTY
Idleb	Hantooteen	22-03-2015	Su-22M-4	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6za-ISPlF0
Idleb	Ma'arret Annu'man	22-03-2015	Unknown	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra_3ukV9iWM
Idleb	County	22-03-2015	Unknown	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V8O44p-Yic
Idleb	Sarmin	23-03-2015	Unknown	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baNevXuZZI4
Lattakia	County	23-03-2015	Ka-28	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Guu4oOh7Pjo
Dar'a	Al-Jaidoor	25-03-2015	UAV	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuuqsWeF0Ig
Dar'a	Enkhul	25-03-2015	UAV	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSjZrR75s8I
Idleb	Jabal Azzawiyeh	25-03-2015	Su-24M2	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4MLu7BeXVY
Idleb	Jabal Azzawiyeh	25-03-2015	Unknown	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7s0g3hs3Do
Idleb	Jabal Azzawiyeh	25-03-2015	Su-24M2	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl6DaC5YRJM
Idleb	Idleb	25-03-2015	Su-24M2	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZomwucU4-yg
Idleb	Idleb	25-03-2015	Su-24M2	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AApo1wrPlP4
Idleb	County	26-03-2015	Su-22M	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUnrEYX7TLM
Idleb	County	26-03-2015	Su-22M	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qCgNswOb7o
Idleb	County	26-03-2015	Su-24M2	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLOsT25uHAE
Dar'a	County	26-03-2015	MiG-23	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHNgWzgb7iU
Homs	Northern County	26-03-2015	Su-22M	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbz6WeJh78k
Idleb	County	27-03-2015	Su-22M	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guDNdjBKQh8
Idleb	County	27-03-2015	Su-22M	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkVQLU_Fz4a
Idleb	County	27-03-2015	Su-22M	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGA9Vwg8LeQ
Idleb	County	27-03-2015	Su-24M2	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGA9Vwg8LeQ
Damascus	Harasta Al-Qantara	27-03-2015	MiG-23BN	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TygGGUSau8Y
Idleb	Jisr AsShughoor	28-03-2015	UAV	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07-7B6TOM1o
Idleb	Idleb	28-03-2015	Su-24M2	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjgmDc9VSVM
Homs	County	30-03-2015	Su-22M-4	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W1U9MHkbs4