{"id":40371,"date":"2019-11-15T16:24:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T16:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/11\/15\/russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:10:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:10:51","slug":"russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/15\/russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia establishes helicopter base in Syrian city as US pulls out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russian Defence Ministry\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/tvzvezda.ru\/news\/forces\/content\/20191114253-Sw6WT.html\/player\/\" target=_blank> Zvezda station<\/a> reported Thursday that Russia has established a helicopter base in the northern Syrian city of Qamishli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Video of the air base shows a pair of Mi-35 Russian attack helicopters and an Mi-8 landing at the base, along with an air defense system, among other systems and vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia\u2019s move into the strategic Kurdish-controlled city comes as the U.S. continues to withdraw American troops from the region. Secretary of Defense Esper has said at least 500 to 600 U.S. troops will remain in the country to assist anti-ISIS efforts and to protect oil from falling into the hands of a resurgent ISIS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But a drawdown of U.S. troops in Syria is still underway, despite videos and images online of American Bradley armored vehicles from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/04\/artillery-fire-lands-near-us-troops-in-syria\/\" target=_blank>30th Armored Brigade<\/a> Combat Team patrolling Syrian roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/russia-in-syria-amid-spike-in-violence-qamishli-2019-11-14\/\" target=_blank>CBS News<\/a> reported, citing U.S. defense officials that the U.S. has completed its withdrawal from Kobani, which served as a key hub for anti-ISIS operations in Syria and as the central spoke for withdrawing forces from Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s unknown if American troops are still in Qamishli, a question posed to the Pentagon and Operation Inherent Resolve regarding the status of U.S. troops in the city has yet to be answered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re aware of reports that Russia is setting up a helicopter base near Qamishli. The United States plans to remain in northeast Syria and will continue hunting ISIS wherever they hide,&#8221; a U.S. defense official told Military Times on background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style='position:relative;padding-top:57%;'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1263\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/tvzvezda.ru\/news\/forces\/content\/20191114253-Sw6WT.html\/player\/\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe U.S. will continue to de-conflict military operations with the Russian military, and we call on the Russian military to de-conflict their operations with us to keep all troops safe and avoid miscalculation,\u201d the U.S. defense official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. forces had a presence in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/10\/31\/bradleys-and-army-infantry-roll-into-syria-to-help-secure-oil-wells\/\" target=_blank>Qamishli<\/a> prior to Trump\u2019s October decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria. The status of those forces is unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/us-military-calls-kurdish-forces-northeast-syria-144213680.html\" target=_blank>Agence France-Presse <\/a>reported that American troops arrived in the Kurdish controlled town of Qamishli on Nov. 2 and met with SDF officials. AFP said the U.S. was interested in reestablishing a military post in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. forces were amid a pullout of northern Syria until Trump slightly walked backed his decision and agreed to keep a residual force to protect Syrian oil wells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has argued his decision to pull American forces was to keep them out of the crossfire of combative allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey launched military operations into northern Syria on Oct. 9 to rout U.S.-backed Kurdish allies that Turkey believes is a terrorist group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision to protect oil wells in Syria has come under criticism with some analysts and national security experts opining that the mission has unclear objectives \u2014 potentially putting U.S. troops in harms way with convoluted rules of engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A number of major players packing armored vehicles and artillery are operating in the tightly congested northern Syria arena to include Russian, Turkish, and Syrian regime forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Wednesday, when pressed by reporters about how oil mission relates to defeating, Esper said denying revenues to the terror group was important to ensure they couldn\u2019t generate revenues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf they can generate revenue, then they can pay fighters, they can buy arms, they can conduct operations. They can do all those things because the revenue enables them. So that\u2019s how the mission relates,\u201d Esper told reporters as he was headed for Seoul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video of the air base shows a pair of Mi-35 Russian attack helicopters and an Mi-8 landing at the base, along with an air defense system, among other systems and vehicles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":27241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":13,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[101,13,26],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3412],"class_list":["post-40371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-flashpoints","category-newsletters"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"FXSMUBVWZZELHN2JB5WYNS67BE","arc_canonical_url":"\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/15\/russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Russia establishes helicopter base in Syrian city as US pulls out - Air Force TImes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Video of the air base shows a pair of Mi-35 Russian attack helicopters and an Mi-8 landing at the base, along with an air defense system, among other systems and vehicles.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Russia establishes helicopter base in Syrian city as US pulls out\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Video of the air base shows a pair of Mi-35 Russian attack helicopters and an Mi-8 landing at the base, along with an air defense system, among other systems and vehicles.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/15\/russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Air Force TImes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-11-15T16:24:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-08T03:10:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shawn Snow\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shawn Snow\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\n\t    \"@context\": \"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\n\t    \"@graph\": [\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Article\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/15\\\/russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out\\\/#article\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/15\\\/russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"author\": {\n\t                \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"headline\": \"Russia establishes helicopter base in Syrian city as US pulls out\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2019-11-15T16:24:07+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-08T03:10:51+00:00\",\n\t            \"mainEntityOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/15\\\/russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"wordCount\": 586,\n\t            \"commentCount\": 0,\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/15\\\/russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/AP17259450446622.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"articleSection\": [\n\t                \"Daily News Roundup\",\n\t                \"Flashpoints\",\n\t                \"Newsletters\"\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"CommentAction\",\n\t                    \"name\": \"Comment\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/15\\\/russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out\\\/#respond\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebPage\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/15\\\/russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out\\\/\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/15\\\/russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Russia establishes helicopter base in Syrian city as US pulls out - Air Force TImes\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/#website\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"primaryImageOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/15\\\/russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/15\\\/russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/AP17259450446622.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2019-11-15T16:24:07+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-08T03:10:51+00:00\",\n\t            \"description\": \"Video of the air base shows a pair of Mi-35 Russian attack helicopters and an Mi-8 landing at the base, along with an air defense system, among other systems and vehicles.\",\n\t            \"breadcrumb\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/15\\\/russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out\\\/#breadcrumb\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ReadAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/15\\\/russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out\\\/\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/15\\\/russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out\\\/#primaryimage\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/AP17259450446622.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/AP17259450446622.jpg.jpg\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"BreadcrumbList\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/15\\\/russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out\\\/#breadcrumb\",\n\t            \"itemListElement\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 1,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Home\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"home\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 2,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Flashpoints\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/flashpoints\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"flashpoints\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 3,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Russia establishes helicopter base in Syrian city as US pulls out\"\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebSite\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/#website\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Air Force TImes\",\n\t            \"description\": \"Independent News For Airmen | Air Force Times\",\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"SearchAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"EntryPoint\",\n\t                        \"urlTemplate\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"\n\t                    },\n\t                    \"query-input\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"PropertyValueSpecification\",\n\t                        \"valueRequired\": true,\n\t                        \"valueName\": \"search_term_string\"\n\t                    }\n\t                }\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/#organization\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Air Force TImes\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/\",\n\t            \"logo\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/air-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/air-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"Air Force TImes\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"\n\t            }\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\",\n\t            \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"migration\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/author\\\/migration\\\/\"\n\t        }\n\t    ]\n\t}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Russia establishes helicopter base in Syrian city as US pulls out - Air Force TImes","description":"Video of the air base shows a pair of Mi-35 Russian attack helicopters and an Mi-8 landing at the base, along with an air defense system, among other systems and vehicles.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Russia establishes helicopter base in Syrian city as US pulls out","og_description":"Video of the air base shows a pair of Mi-35 Russian attack helicopters and an Mi-8 landing at the base, along with an air defense system, among other systems and vehicles.","og_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/15\/russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out\/","og_site_name":"Air Force TImes","article_published_time":"2019-11-15T16:24:07+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-08T03:10:51+00:00","author":"Shawn Snow","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Shawn Snow","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/15\/russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/15\/russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out\/"},"author":{"name":"migration","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1"},"headline":"Russia establishes helicopter base in Syrian city as US pulls out","datePublished":"2019-11-15T16:24:07+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-08T03:10:51+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/15\/russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out\/"},"wordCount":586,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/15\/russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17259450446622.jpg.jpg","articleSection":["Daily News Roundup","Flashpoints","Newsletters"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/15\/russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/15\/russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/15\/russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out\/","name":"Russia establishes helicopter base in Syrian city as US pulls out - Air Force TImes","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/15\/russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/15\/russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17259450446622.jpg.jpg","datePublished":"2019-11-15T16:24:07+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-08T03:10:51+00:00","description":"Video of the air base shows a pair of Mi-35 Russian attack helicopters and an Mi-8 landing at the base, along with an air defense system, among other systems and vehicles.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/15\/russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/15\/russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/15\/russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17259450446622.jpg.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17259450446622.jpg.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/15\/russia-establishes-helicopter-base-in-syrian-city-as-us-pulls-out\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/","ad_zone":"home"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Flashpoints","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/","ad_zone":"flashpoints"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Russia establishes helicopter base in Syrian city as US pulls out"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/#website","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/","name":"Air Force TImes","description":"Independent News For Airmen | Air Force Times","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/#organization","name":"Air Force TImes","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/air-logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/air-logo-white.png","caption":"Air Force TImes"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1","name":"migration","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"migration"},"url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/author\/migration\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Air Force TImes","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes","push-errors":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17259450446622.jpg.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40376,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40371\/revisions\/40376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40371"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=40371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}