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FORBIN said:

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bruceb1959 said:

I have to agree. Russia gets a great deal of bad press whilst the US and its Allies who have funded both 'moderate' rebels and jihadists are painted as the good guys. So much for the 'war against terror' I guess. Also the simple fact is that Russia and its allies, Iran, and Palestian Hezbollah are LEGALLY supporting Syria at the request of the Syrian government. The legality of the US coalition's mandate is far more questionable.

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just updating picture (dated November 14):

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RuAF gets last in 2016 batch of 4 newly built Su-34s for bomber regiment in Far East. Total-16 Su-34s in 2016

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FORBIN said:

4 for Khurba (Komsomolsk) about 13 now i check my notes after
Replace Su-24M2 initialy 24 in 2 Sqnq

Su-34 fighter bombers squadron set up in Russia's Far Eastern Khabarovsk region

KHABAROVSK, December 15. /TASS/. A squadron of the newest Sukhoi Su-34 fighter bombers has been set up in the air regiment of Russia’s Eastern Military District deployed to the Khabarovsk region, head of the district press service, Colonel Alexander Gordeyev, said on Thursday.

"This year, the newest Sukhoi Su-34 fighter bombers, received by the Eastern Military District, formed a new squadron. The last shipment of the aircraft is being received at the production plant in Novosibirsk," Gordeyev said.

He added that the new aircraft would be deployed to their base airfield in the Far East before the end of the year.

According to Gordeyev, the Sukhoi Su-34 fighters’ crews had fulfilled all bombing-related tactical tasks at one of the district’s gunnery ranges. During training flights, pilots exercised air navigation and planned track flight skills, they also carried out horizontal bombing tasks at group targets.

The Sukhoi Su-34 is a fourth-generation multi-role fighter bomber designed to hit ground targets as well as naval ones. It is capable of engaging even small mobile targets and aerial targets in daytime and at night, under favorable and adverse weather conditions. It is also able to detect and eliminate the enemy’s armored vehicles as well as Manpower

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RuAF gets last batch of 4 new Su-34s in 2016. The a/c are on their way to Russian Far East (bomber regiment).

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Russia’s long range aviation marks it's 102nd birthday on December 23. It is the branch of Russian Air Force tasked with bombardment of strategic targets with nuclear weapons.

On December 23, 1913 heavy four-engine bomber "Ilya Muromets" of Igor Sikorsky made its first flight

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