These Russian aircraft are being used to support private military companies (PMCs) sponsored by the Russian government. (U.S. Africa Command) Russian aircraft are flying in Libyan airspace backing Russian state-sponsored private military contractors there, according to U.S. Africa Command. AFRICOM, which announced in May that Russia had deployed military fighter …
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Additional imagery released by AFRICOM on May 27. (Image credit: US AFRICOM). As we have reported earlier the U.S. Military has accused Russia of sending fighter jets to Libya to support mercenaries. On May 26, U.S. Africa Command released the first official assessment of the deployment to Libya of a …
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On November 21, 2019, U.S. Africa Command lost an unmanned “remotely piloted aircraft” over Tripoli. According to Reuters report the U.S. military believes that unarmed U.S. Africa Command remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) reported lost over Tripoli, Libya, Nov. 21 was in fact shot down by Russian air defenses and it …
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The U.S. military said late Friday that an unmanned drone was lost over the Libyan capital this week. The “remotely piloted aircraft” was lost over Tripoli on Thursday, U.S. Africa Command said in a brief statement. The drone was not armed. The military said the incident remains under investigation. The …
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Just days before Barack Obama left office, two B-2 stealth fighters carrying 80 precision-guided bombs were sent to Libya 5,700 miles away to target ISIS terror camps B-2 STEALTH BOMBER took off from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri and flew 32-hours long mission to the target in Libya and then …
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