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| 'Yemeni fighters shot down fighter jet' |
| 2009-11-09 |
| Yemen's Houthi fighters say they have shot down a fighter jet during clashes with government forces in north-western Yemen. "Our anti-aircraft batteries shot down a military plane, which carried out bombings in the city of Razeh, near the border with Saudi Arabia," Abdessalam Mohammad, a spokesman for the fighters, told AFP. This is while, the Yemeni military said the plane crashed due to technical problems. The Sukhoi plane crashed during a raid on suspected strongholds of the Houthi fighters in north-western Yemen, Colonel Askar Zuail on Sunday, a military commander in the north-western Yemeni province of Saada, told DPA by telephone. He added that the "plane crashed due to a technical malfunction. The pilot ejected and landed safely." This is the third time Yemen has lost an air force fighter jet in Saada since the army began its latest offensive on the Houthi fighters on August 11. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia says it has regained control of its border region of Jabal Dukhan. The area was earlier seized by the Houthis. Saudi warplanes have been targeting Houthi positions inside Yemen since Thursday after four Saudi troopers reportedly went missing. Houthi fighters say they captured the Saudi troops inside Yemeni territory. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Somewhere in all my military experiences I heard that the average Russian aircraft needed maintenance every 20 hours or three missions, or they're a candidate for in-flight failure. The average for US combat aircraft is around 20 missions or 100 hours, and most of the defects corrected are minor. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-11-09 15:06 |
| #5 Somebody failed writing class. If you're planning on writing about ground troops and a fighter jet which was shot down, don't confuse matters by calling the ground troops/militia/anti-aircraft crew "fighters". |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2009-11-09 10:17 |
| #4 1990's MAHA-RUSHIE >'CAUSE A BLIMPY [Dagwood, etal.] IS A BEUTIFUL THING! "Third time ... technical malfunction" > Whoa, two more = the Yemeni AF Air Maintenance-Repair Ship will be a full-fledged HOUTHI ACE! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-11-09 01:33 |
| #3 FYI: German scientists invented the ejection seats for the ME 262...just thought you history buffs wanted to know. I don't know if it was used on the "Komet" or "TA-150" also. anybody have a guess? |
| Posted by: borgboy 2009-11-09 00:57 |
| #2 It's a good thing the Russian planes have those excellent ejection seats. Do they still give demonstrations of those at airshows, or was enough interest already aroused? |
| Posted by: gromky 2009-11-09 00:33 |
| #1 Russian made jets without adequate technical support = ejection seat time! |
| Posted by: borgboy 2009-11-09 00:23 |