Russia delivered a batch of MIG -29 fighters to Syria and began to perform tasks on June 1.

　　Xinhua News Agency, Damascus, May 30 According to a report by Syrian News Agency on the 30th, Russia delivered a batch of MIG -29 fighter jets to Syria that day.

　　The Syrian News Agency quoted the Syrian military as saying that the Russian air base in Syria held a ceremony on the 30th, at which Russia delivered a batch of MIG -29 fighters to Syria. These fighters will take off from the base in Hermmim and be deployed to various military airports in Syria, and their missions will begin on June 1.

　　Syrian sources said that this is the second batch of MIG -29 fighters delivered by Russia to Syria, which is more advanced and efficient than the previous generation fighters.

　　MiG -29 is a twin-engine medium-sized fighter developed by the Soviet Union in 1970s.

　　In September 2015, at the request of the Syrian government, Russian troops stationed in the Hermmim air base in Syria to help Syrian government forces fight extremists in Syria.