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| Date: | Monday 9 December 2024 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale SA 342L Gazelle |
| Owner/operator: | Syrian Air Force |
| Registration: | 1307 |
| MSN: | 1569 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mezzeh Air Base, Mezzeh, Damascus, Damascus Governorate -
 Syria
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 9 December 2024, a Syrian Air Force Gazelle helicopter registration number 1307 was destroyed in an Israeli air strike on Mezzeh Air Base, following the collapse of the Assad government in Syria. The air base was targeted in an Israeli campaign to neutralise the assets of the Syrian Armed Forces following the takeover of the country by extremist Islamic rebels, so as not to have a rogue state pose a threat to Israeli security.
The base had come under control of the rebels a day prior, following the capture of Damascus and the collapse of the Assad led government on 8 December 2024. Images from this day show that the aircraft was still intact at this time.
Identifier number (Arabic numerals): 1307
Tail Code / Serial Number: 1569
Sources:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/some-250-israeli-strikes-hit-syrian-military-targets-after-fall-of-assad-reports/
https://x.com/BabakTaghvaee1/status/1866270083753849218
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztMG7skWlF0
https://www.scramble.nl/database/military/sy
https://lostarmour.info/aflosses
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Media:
The uncivilized people broke into the base, opened doors of the helicopters, stole their parts for their collection, broke their windows and then sprayed them with paint. When they treat their own resources this way, then they should not complain over destruction of all of these… pic.twitter.com/sz8hmTAxWI
— Babak Taghvaee - The Crisis Watch (@BabakTaghvaee1) December 9, 2024
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Dec-2024 13:28 | Anon. | Added |
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