US Navy conducts reconnaissance near Russian base in Syria
(Baonghean.vn) - The US Navy's P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine patrol aircraft recently conducted a reconnaissance flight near Russia's Hmeimim airbase in Syria.
![]() |
US military aircraft P-8 Poseidon. Photo: AP |
According to Plane Radar data, the plane took off from the Sigonella air base on the Italian island of Sicily and for nearly an hour it flew over the Mediterranean coast of Syria, occasionally approaching the Hmeimim base and the Russian Navy's logistics base. The flight took place at an altitude of 4.7 km.
Recently, the activity of foreign reconnaissance aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) near Russian borders has increased, for example, foreign reconnaissance aircraft have been observed in the Crimean Peninsula and Krasnodar Territory as well as over the Baltic Sea./.