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Mission Report, Iraq, May 2022

U.S. Department of War · 2022-05-29 · 9 pages · text from the file's own layer

This declassified U.S. Air Force mission report (MISREP) from the 50th Attack Squadron covers an ISR flight from Sigonella Air Base over the eastern Mediterranean on 29 to 30 May 2022. It records imagery collection on Syrian naval and coastal defense sites and Russian warships, and a reaction by possible Russian SU-30 aircraft. At 0117Z the crew observed one possible small UAP flying north to northeast, which could not be positively identified. USCENTCOM declassified it on 8 October 2025 for release to AARO.

From the source: Release of 2026-05-08 Incident: 5/29/22, Syria. Released with redactions. This document is a Mission Report (MISREP), a standardized reporting form the U.S. Military uses to record the circumstances surrounding its operations. U.S. military services often use MISREPs to report Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) to AARO. The GENTEXT, or “general text” section of these reports often contains important qualitative, contextual information, distinguishing it from the more quantitative, or numerical, data found elsewhere in the report. A U.S. military operator reported observing one UAP flying north to northeast. The observer reported following the UAP for as long as possible but was unable to positively identify it. All descriptive and estimative language contained in this report reflects the reporter’s subjective interpretation at the time of the event. Such characterizations should not be interpreted as a conclusive indication of the presence or absence of any intrinsic object features or performance characteristics.

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AREA (36SYE3711M:l U1 .4aD, SYRIAN NAVY OPS AREA (36SXE6~~, SYRIAN NAVY OPS
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OPIR ISRAEL-LEBANON-SYRIA REGION DSA 2 E4YY (36SYD46~~. OSIC LATAK.IA
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OSIC LATAKIA NAVAL MON DSA (36SYD6~~. OSIC LATAKIA NAVAL MON DSA
(36SYE6~~. OSIC LATAKIA NAVAL MON DSA (36SYE21~51iial), BASSEL AL ASSAD
INTL AFLD (36SYE6~1~, 0426WR0135 (37SBT4~~. TARTUS NAVAL BASE
(36SYD6~~. BEIRUT ARMY BKS FAKRIDINE (36SYC29~1W, JUNIYAH ARMY
BKS SARBA (36SYC4~~, RUMYAH PRISON (36SYC3~~. BEIRUT MILITARY
FACILITY KARANTINA (36SYC3~~. BAMLKAH SIGINT FACILITY (36SYD7~~.
BEIRUT POSSIBLE TERRORIST CNO FACILITY (36SYC3~~. IBN HANI COASTAL
DEFENSE SITE (36SYE4~1W, BATRAH CD SITE (36SYE6~3~, TARTUS NAVAL
MSL SPT FAC (36SYD6~~. AL LADHIQIYAH ARMY BKS SE STAMO (36S YE 651w
30!1.4a!. 0426CA1058 (37S BV 2~0~, AYN ASH SHARIQIYAH CD BDE HQ (37S BV 3~
1~, ADIMAH COASTAL DEFENSE SITE SOUTHWEST (36SYD6~~. AR RAWDAH
COASTAL OBSERVATION POST (36SYD63[4al8~, ASH SHAMIYAH CD SITE
(36SYE53!1.4al4~, ABU AFSAH CD SITE (36SYD6~~. AL LADHIQIYAH SYRIAN
NAVAL HEADQUARTER (36SYE5~~. TALL SUKAS CD SITE (36SYE6~1ctiAaJ),
LATAKIA SCHOOL 81 (36SYE5~~. AND JABLAH NAVAL ACADEMY
(36SYE6~~, LOOKING FOR RFN SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE ROUTES, MUNITION
HANDLING, AND PERSONNEL MOVEMENT. AT 1745Z, ~ OBSERVED IX SLAVA HEADING
EAST IVO 35SPU3~~WHILE TRANSITING TO SP. AT 1808Z, IX PROBABLE GORSHKOV
FFG HEADING EAST IVO 36STD2~7lua!WHILE TRANSITING TO SP. AT 2104Z,~
OBSERVED A GENERATOR OR POSS RADAR DISH IVO 36SYE6~~ AT 2120Z, IX A-50U
MAINSTAY D AND 2X IL-38 OBSERVED PARKED IVO 36SYE6~~ AT 0006Z, ONE
PROBABLE IL-76 OBSERVED ACTIVE IVO 36SYE6~~ AT 00llZ, ONE PROBABLE
SU-27/35 OBSERVED LANDING IVO 36SYE6~~ AT 0029Z, ONE PROBABLE SU-27/35
WAS OBSERVED TAKING OFF TO THE SOUTH. AT 0344Z, ONE PROBABLE GORSHKOV FFG,
HULL 461 HEADED EAST IVO 36SUD74wl~ AT 0405Z ONE PROBABLE UDALOY I DD,
HULL 626 HEADED EAST IVO 36STC8~4luiii] AT 041 lZ ONE PROBABLE SLAVA CG, HULL
055 HEADED EAST IVO 36STD7~~ AT 0530Z, IX PROBABLE UDALOY 1 DD, HULL 564
HEADED WEST IVO 35SMU2~1~ AT 0230Z,~WAS CLEARED OFF TASKING AND
RETURNED TO BASE (RTB).
JSR ASSET UTILIZATION
• Supported Unit: 603 AOC
• Supported Operation: OPj.----1.4_a___,,
• Precoord Time: -
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Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison
USCENTCOM Chief of Staff
Declassified on: 8 October 2025
MDR 25-0094 thru MDR 25-0099 / JS-250710-TM8S 10/17/25 006
Approved for Release to AARO

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