Russian-backed Algerian MiG-29 base stirs Morocco border fears

Satellite Footage Confirms Su-35 Deployment at Algerian Airbase

Satellite footage has confirmed the arrival of Su-35 fighter aircraft in Algeria, verifying prior reports that the Algerian Air Force had begin to receive the aircraft to modernise its fleet. The emergence of this footage closely followed earlier satellite imagery in March showing a disassembled Su-35 being loaded into an An-124 transport at the Komsomolsk on Amur Aircraft Plant in the Russian Far East, where the fighters are manufactured and wh…

Russian-backed Algerian MiG-29 base stirs Morocco border fears

Algeria’s new MiG-29 base near Morocco, backed by Russia, escalates tensions with jets and radar, stirring fears along the border, per satellite data.

Algeria has completed the construction of a new military air base just 72 kilometers from the border with Morocco. Russian MiG-29 fighters are stationed there, as confirmed by the Atlantic Defence and Armament Observatory (AODA). The base is located in Umm al-Assal near the Tindouf region just off the disputed Western Sahara. Two MiG-29M2 fighters stationed in it are armed with air-to-air missiles. Satellite images released by AODA show wide run…