Two years of Russian Aerospace Forces in Syria

The military operation was launched by Russian Aerospace Forces on September 30, 2015

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin addresses Russian forces at the Hmeymim air base. Putin ordered Russian troops to start pulling out of Syria, December 11, 2017

The military operation was launched by Russian Aerospace Forces on September 30, 2015. Photo: Ground crew prepare fighter jets for combat sorties at Hmeymim airbase, October 22, 2015

A Russian An-124 Ruslan cargo plane takes off from Hmeymim airbase in Syria, December 16, 2015

Russian Su-34 bomber with other Russian war planes in back, at Hmeymim airbase in Syria, December 16, 2015

Russian S-400 long-range air defense missile systems deployed at Hmeymim airbase in Syria, December 2015

A Russian soldier punching a punch bag while training at an outdoor gym at Hmeymim airbase, February 24, 2016

A missile ship of the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea fires a Kalibr cruise missile against Jabhat al-Nusra targets in Syria, August 18, 2016

A Russian pilot gets into a cockpit of a Su-25 ground attack jet before a take off at Hmeymim airbase in Syria, March 15, 2016

According to data as of September 22, 2017, Russian aircraft made over 30,000 sorties, delivered 92,000 strikes and eliminated about 58,000 terrorists since the start of the anti-terror operation in Syria. Photo: A Tu-95MS strategic bomber in Syria

An Uran-6 military mine clearing robotic complex of the Russian Armed Forces' International Mine Action Center being loaded into An-124 aircraft. The equipment was used in a mine-clearing operation in the Syrian city of Palmyra, March 29, 2016

Specialists of the Russian Armed Forces' International Mine Action Center, April 2, 2016

Russian multipurpose helicopter Mi-8 in Palmyra, April 10, 2016

A Russian soldier guards as a military helicopter flies over Palmyra, September 15, 2017

Soldiers distribute Russian humanitarian aid at the check-point of the de-escalation zones near Homs, Syria, September 13, 2017

A Russian Aerospace Force pilot reunites with his family during the arrival ceremony in Voronezh Region as the first group of Russian Sukhoi Su-34 fighter bombers returned from Syria, March 15, 2016

Russian President Vladimir Putin asked the Defense Ministry to start the pullout of the Russian military group from Syria. Putin made this statement while speaking before Russian servicemen at the Hmeymim airbase in Syria. The military operation was launched by Russian Aerospace Forces on September 30, 2015. According to data as of September 22, 2017, Russian aircraft have made over 30,000 sorties, delivered 92,000 strikes and eliminated about 58,000 terrorists since the start of the anti-terror operation in Syria.