Force Years of service 1950-1972 Rank General Commands Syrian Air Force Syrian Armed Forces Battles/wars See list Six Day War (1967) War of Attrition (1967-1970) Black September (1970-1971) Yom Kippur War (1973) Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990) Islamic uprising in Syria (1979-1982) 1982 Lebanon War (1982-1983) Gulf War (1990-1991) Hafez al-Assad ( Arabic