This article about a recent Israeli air strike inside Syria contains some interesting reporting concerning the cat-and-mouse game between modern strike aircraft and SAM systems. Although the Syrians are using some fairly sophisticated Russian-made SAMs, their AD network doesn't appear to be all that advanced. Still, they managed to shoot down one of the Israeli guided munitions.
https://medium.com/war-is-boring/fou...s-a28cff11323d
It's also pretty telling that the latest defense appropriations bill asked for a substantial sum in order to purchase a number of Super Hornet variants specializing in defense suppression (aka "Wild Weasel" missions).