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The Grand Turk
Turkish F16s shoot down warplane near Syrian border
2015-11-24
Turkish fighter jets shot down a warplane near the Syrian border after it violated Turkey's airspace on Tuesday, a Turkish military official said, but the nationality of the downed aircraft was not immediately clear.
Ruskie Defense Ministry acknowledges the flight and asserts it was over Syrian territory, per Fox. There are also reports of two helicopters attempting to rescue the pair of airmen who successfully ejected and are trying to evade capture at the moment.
Both Russia and its ally, Syria's government, have carried out strikes in the area. A Syrian military source said the reported downing was being investigated and Russia's defense ministry was not immediately available for comment.

Turkish F16s warned the jet over the airspace violations before shooting it down, the military official told Reuters.
See also subsequent article here.
Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418

#10  Migs have been putting F-16's under missile lock. My take is an F-16 pilot took exception. Shooting parachuting pilots will have consequences....
Posted by: Sven the pelter   2015-11-24 20:05  

#9  Oddly enough, we were just talking about this yesterday
You don't need to be a professional metereologist to be able to tell which way the wind is blowing.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2015-11-24 17:08  

#8   Ethnic Turkmen in Syria admit killing Russian pilots as they parachuted.
I suspect things will become extremely unpleasant for ethnic Turkmen in Syria, in the very near future, if it hasn't already happened today.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2015-11-24 17:07  

#7  Re #6: yes, the Aardvarkski, some say.
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2015-11-24 15:36  

#6  Wasn't that USSRs answer to the F-111 Aardvark?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2015-11-24 13:58  

#5  The pic is of a genuine Su-24.
Posted by: Steve White   2015-11-24 13:50  

#4  The picture may well only be for illustrative purposes only, JFM. We do that a lot here at Rantburg -- and not all of us know our flying machines.
Posted by: trailing wife   2015-11-24 13:35  

#3  THis is not an F-16. This looks like an old A-4 Skyhawk.
Posted by: JFM   2015-11-24 11:59  

#2  At what point do we get honest and lump Turkey onto the ISIS side of the conflict.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2015-11-24 11:02  

#1  Oddly enough, we were just talking about this yesterday. link
Posted by: trailing wife   2015-11-24 07:36