Russian fighter aircraft recently delivered to Libya in support of Khalifa Hifter's campaign against the Tripoli-based government are now being put to use.
Imagery released by US Africa Command on Thursday shows an Su-24 attack aircraft using the runway at al-Jufrah air base in central Libya. AFRICOM also lent credibility to recent photographs purportedly showing a MiG-29 flying near the northern coastal city of Sirte, where the Tripoli-based government has focused its counteroffensive.