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    The Syrian Air Defence Force (SyADF or SADF), officially the Syrian Arab Air Defence Force (SyAADF or SAADF; Arabic: قوات الدفاع الجوي العربي السوري) is...
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    air force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces. It was established in 1948. Land-based air defense systems are grouped under the Syrian Arab Air Defense...
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    military forces of the Syrian Arab Republic. They consist of the Syrian Army, Syrian Air Force, Syrian Navy, Syrian Air Defense Force, and paramilitary forces...
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    Israeli Air Force attacked a suspected Syrian nuclear weapons site. The IAF used electronic warfare (EW) system to take neutralize Syria's air defenses, feeding...
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    Air Defense Force Japan Air Self-Defense Force Kazakh Air Defense Forces: Air Force of Kazakhstan Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces Syrian Air Defense Force...
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  • number of recorded air sorties. The hubs of Syrian Air Force basing activity prior to and during the Syrian Civil War have been the airfields at Aleppo...
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    ("Hovet"). The Air Defense Command scored world premier interceptions with most of these systems, mainly against the Syrian Air Force. Due to increasing...
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    coordinates) This article lists air bases currently operated or used by the Syrian Arab Air Force. During the Syrian Civil War some bases were captured...
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  • three-day Syrian Arab Army ceasefire, jets from either the Syrian Arab Air Force or the Russian Federation Air Force attacked Darkush, Syria, a vacation...
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  • Self-Defense Forces, the unified military forces of Japan, established in 1954 Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Japan Air...
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  • February 2018 Israel–Syria incident (10 February 2018) - An Israeli F-16 was shot down by the Syrian Air Defense Force after conducting an air raid on Iran-backed...
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    launchers have been seen, more likely in service.  Syria: In service with the Syrian Air Defense Force. Defense industry of Iran Islamic Republic of Iran Army...
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    Is Using Kamikaze Drones To Destroy Syria's Air Defenses • The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights". The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights. 2020-11-04...
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    the Department of Defense. The Air Force through the Department of the Air Force is headed by the civilian Secretary of the Air Force, who reports to the...
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    Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defense Forces, the Russian Aerospace Forces is a unified command consisting of the following branches: Air Force...
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  • Forces Swiss Land Forces Swiss Air Force Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Army Syrian Air Force Syrian Navy Syrian Air Defense Force Armed Forces of the Republic...
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    and external attack. In 1984 the 55,000 strong Defense Companies was broken up and merged into the Syrian Arab Army expanding the Republican Guard, and...
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  • June 2012, during the Syrian civil war, a Turkish RF-4E Phantom II reconnaissance aircraft was shot down by a Syrian surface-to-air missile and crashed...
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  • Israeli F-16I was shot down by the Syrian air defenses after conducting an air raid on Iran-backed positions inside Syrian territory. The aircraft was part...
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    March 2017 Israel–Syria incident took place on 17 March 2017, when Israeli Air Force struck a target in Syria. In response the Syrian Army fired several...
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  • Syria after it allegedly crossed into Turkish airspace. On 1 March 2020, Turkish Air Force F-16s downed two Su-24s belonging to the Syrian Air Force using...
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    S-200 missile system (category Cold War surface-to-air missiles of the Soviet Union)
    the initial years of the Syrian civil war, parts of the S-200 systems were occasionally spotted when Syrian Air Defense Force sites were overrun by rebel...
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    Al-Mubarak Air Base, with the remaining forces stationed at Air Defense Brigades, Ali Al Salem Air Base and Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base. The Kuwait Air Force numbers...
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  • 2024 Homs airstrikes (category Israeli airstrikes during the Syrian civil war)
    the dead were 3 students, a woman and a child. Syrian state media stated that the Syrian Air Defense Force intercepted and shot down Israeli missiles. "Civilians...
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    Egyptian Air Defense Forces. The latter was created as a separate command in the 1970s and it coordinates with the Air Force to integrate air and ground-based...
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  • Syrian air defenses and Iranian drone-control facilities. On 17 March 2018, the Israeli Air Force struck a target in Syria. In response, the Syrian Army...
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    The Iraqi Air Force (IQAF or IrAF) (Arabic: القوات الجوية العراقية, romanized: Al Quwwat al Jawwiyah al Iraqiyyah) is the aerial warfare service branch...
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    Israeli Air Force carried out Operation Mole Cricket 19, crippling the Syrian air defense array. In subsequent aerial battles against the Syrian Air Force, the...
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    Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD, pronounced /ˈsiː-æd/), also known in the United States as "Wild Weasel" and (initially) "Iron Hand" operations...
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    Hafez al-Assad (category Syrian Air Force personnel)
    country. The new leadership appointed Hafez as the commander of the Syrian Air Force. In February 1966 Hafez participated in a second coup, which toppled...
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