All airplanes involved in the operation were stationed at Hmeimim airbase in Syrian Latakia. The air defense of the base was provided by the most modern air defense systems C-300В4, С-400 and "Armor-С1", as well as the grouping of the Navy in the Mediterranean Sea.
In two years, operations in Syria, the Russian VKS, made more than 30.000 combat missions and destroyed: 900 training camps, 660 factories for the production of explosives, 1500 military equipment, more 54.000 militants.