The Russian helicopter base under construction will be jointly used by the Russian Aerospace Forces and the Syrian Air Force.
According to sources in the National Defense Forces of the Syrian Arab Republic, representatives of the Syrian army and the Russian military recently visited the area south of the city of Madan (50 km south-east of the administrative center of the province of Raqqa) and inspected the future location of the new base.
The construction of landing and parking helipads in the area is designed to ensure the uninterrupted supply of military and logistics equipment to areas controlled by the Syrian army by air. In addition, the helicopter base will help provide more dense air support to the government forces operating in the region.
Recall that Madan was taken by the Syrian army in September 2017 with the direct support of Russian aviation.