Eventually someone managed to get an extremely clear footage of a SyAAF Su-24 Fencer that was flying over Idlib, in northwestern Syria on Sept. 7, 2014.
By the way, can you ID the weapons the aircraft is carrying in the video?
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I saw no attack.
Maybe two empty MER’s on the outboard pylons, I cannot make out the ordnance on the centerline.
I saw no attack.
Maybe two empty MER’s on the outboard pylons, I cannot make out the ordnance on the centerline.
Looks like the FAB-500M62 bomb is the first bomb
http://weaponsystems.net/weapon.php?weapon=HH12%20-%20FAB%20M62
The second one can’t tell its too blurry