 Several more L-39ZO aircraft of pro-GNA forces were stationed at the Tripoli Mitiga air force base, but these ones were not actively involved in the hostilities.Because of the poor state of the unguided bombs and rockets they used, both L-39ZO and G-2 aircraft of the pro-GNA air forces relied mostly on cannon fire in their ground-support combat operations.Despite the pro-GNA L-39ZO Albatros having mediocre combat characteristics, they avoided combat losses—one pro-GNA L-39ZO crashed due to technical problems near the University of Sirte on 10 August 2016 (ISIL claims that they shot it down); both of its pilots, commander of Misrata air force base brigadier general Mukhtar Fakroun and co-pilot colonel Omar Dogha, died in the crash.