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Michael Peck, National Interest: Russia's Air Force Is More Dangerous Than Ever Thanks to This
The war in Syria.
The Russian Air Force has learned valuable lessons during the recent campaign in Syria, according to a former senior Russian air commander.
In fact, Russian air operations in support of the Syrian government gave the Russian Air Force a chance to test the effectiveness of reforms made over the last few years, according to Colonel General Viktor Bondarev, former commander of Russian Aerospace Forces, and now chairman of the defense and security committee of the Federation Council of Parliament.
Bondarev’s analysis was part of a multi-volume study of airpower by the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, a Russian defense think tank. In a blog for the International Institute for Strategic Studies , defense expert Douglas Barrie analyzed Bondarev’s account.
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