Syrian regime air force

The lousy (and always defeated) Syrian regime air force has been in action non-stop.  This lousy air force never moved a kite when Israeli planes were destroying Lebanon in 2006.  In 1970, Salah Jadid wanted Syrian air force to move in defense of the Palestinian resistance in Jordan, but Hafidh Al-Asad refused to move any plane.  To be sure, Patrick Seale denied that story in his hagiography of Hafidh, but what do we expect from a Hafidh's account of his own role?