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A pilot of a Su-30 fighter jet of the Russian Aerospace Forces during a sortie in Syria. File photoKHMEIMIM, Jan. 24 Russian and Syrian military pilots conducted the first joint air patrol over the territory of the SAR, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. The Russian Aerospace Forces were represented by Su-34, Su-35 fighters and aircraft long-range radar detection A-50. From the Syrian side, the MiG-23 and MiG-29 took part in the patrol. Russian pilots took off from the Khmeimim airbase, the Syrian ones from the Seikal and Doumeyr airfields in the vicinity of Damascus. During the patrol, Syrian pilots were responsible for airspace control and fighter cover, Russian crews practiced strikes against ground targets. The patrol route ran along the Golan Heights, then along the southern border, up along the Euphrates and over the northern regions of the Syrian Arab Republic. In addition, during the patrol, training missile launches were carried out at air targets and ground targets were hit at one of the training grounds located in the central part of the country. Such joint flights should become regular.