A deputy Chief of the General Staff clarified the air campaign to date.
?According to information from the conflict zone, Russian aircraft from 4th Air Force and Air Defense Army also are delivering strikes against Georgian positions. That army has around 60 Su-24 front bombers, 100 MiG-29 fighters, 60 Su-27 fighters, 100 Su-25 attack aircraft, 40 L-39 light attack aircraft and 30 Su-24MR reconnaissance aircraft as well as 75 Mi-24 attack helicopters and other aviation equipment.?
?Su-25 attack aircraft and Su-24 front bombers were placed in action for this. In fact, they destroyed all of Georgia?s combat aviation at its base locations. They delivered a missile and bombing strike against the military airfield near Tbilisi and bombed the Tbilaviastroy Plant in a suburb of the Georgian capital, where Georgian Su-25 attack aircraft were being repaired and modernized.? The Russian announced today that they achieved complete air superiority.
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