Russia’s cutting edge Su-35 fighters to be on 24-hour alert at Latakia base.
Russia’s new-generation Su-35 fighter jets will be on round-the-clock duty at the Latakia base in Syria, ready to take off at a minute's notice to provide cover for aerial operations in the area, a spokesman for the Russian forces in Syria said.
According to the Russian Air Space Forces group spokesman in Syria, there will always be two Su-35 jets ready to take off in just 60 seconds at Russia’s Khmeimim Air Base in Latakia. The fighter jets will provide cover for Russian aircraft and increase their total field of view.
In the air, two Su-35s can provide a 360-degree field of view with coverage ranging to 400 kilometers, the spokesman said. He also mentioned that the Su-35 is a multirole fighter jet capable of providing air cover for the strike aircraft and strike surface targets as well as subsurface ones.
蘇聯以SU-35S實戰首秀敘利亞 俄羅斯借「機」打廣告好推廣國際市場與美國F-35 互不侵犯? SU-35自從正式成軍以來只在蘇聯境內參加實戰演習並未實際出國比賽(戰爭)20160201蘇聯首度派遣SU-35 進駐敘利亞參加打擊IS的攻擊行動根據西方戰略情報顯示出SU-35的打擊力與當初設計規範數據等資料已接近90% 穩合這表示SU-35 是全天候作戰飛機與美國F-35戰鬥機不相上下?
俄羅斯國防部表示，俄最新型的蘇-35S戰機已經開始在敘利亞執行打擊極端組織「伊斯蘭國」的作戰任務，這將是該殲擊機的首次實戰飛行。據俄媒報道，這批赴敘參戰的蘇-35S共4架，數天前已飛抵俄在敘利亞的赫梅米姆空軍基地。蘇-35是俄軍現役最新型單座殲擊機，於去年底列裝俄空天部隊。
目前，俄部署在敘利亞赫梅米姆空軍基地的戰機已超過70架。
自20150930日開始對敘境內「伊斯蘭國」目標實施空中打擊以來，俄軍機在敘利亞已執行約6000次打擊任務。以SU-35S戰機的高性能而言，俄羅斯此次高調派出該型戰機赴敘利亞參與反恐行動，無論是執行空襲，還是只在戰地進行飛行測試，都有「用牛刀殺雞」之嫌。有分析指出，事實上，俄羅斯此舉意在一舉多得，既可以實戰練兵，又可以發揮震懾作用，同時還可為其海外軍售起到推廣效應。
