The LNA’s airforce chief Saqr al-Jaroushi boasted to Bloomberg that the jets will be used in the 'largest aerial campaign in Libyan history in the coming hours,' adding, 'All the objects and interests of Turkey in all occupied cities are a legitimate target.'
The arrival of new Russian-built warplanes may be intended to militarily and symbolically buttress the LNA after this setback. The
is an agile short-range tactical fighter. The Su-24 Fencer is a two-seat bomber that can carry heavier bomb loads out to longer ranges.... [+]Both types are faster, and carry more weapons than the L-39 trainers/attack jets most extensively used by the GNA and LNA air forces.
However, military aviation expert Tom Cooper wrote on a Facebook post that this is unlikely: “…these are more likely to be VKS MiG-29s known to have been transferred to Syria via aSeeing as the LNA likely lacks the trained personnel, equipment, and finances to effectively maintain and operate modern combat aircraft, there is a significant chance any such aircraft would be crewed and maintained by Russian military or mercenary pilots.
While Turkey seemed poised to chart an independent, Russia-friendly foreign policy with its purchase of
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