Showing posts with label Russian Air Operations in Syria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Russian Air Operations in Syria. Show all posts

Friday, November 27, 2015

Russian and Turkish Claims Over Su-24 Flight Path That Shot Downed

Russian Defense Ministry said that the Su-24 which was shot down by two Turkish Airforce's F-16. Turkey said that jet violated Turkish air space several times and the Su-24 were 5 minutes in the their (Turkish) while TuAF F-16s warned the crews of the jet 10 times. The region of which airspace violated by Russian jet actually an very narrow finger head like territorial extension hardly two mile wide. Yesterday Turkish president Recep Tayyep Erdogan said that the broken pieces of the downed jet hurts some of the Turkish citizens of the adjacent

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

In Photos: Russian Su-24 Fighter-Bomber Shot Down Over Syrian Sky

Two parties, Russian & Turkish, claiming their own positions over Su-24 jet shot down issue. Turkish officials said that tje Su-24 jet which one has been shot down by Turkish Airforce F-16 yesterday violated Turkish airspace near Turkomen Mountains border. In the other hands, Russian Defense Minister & other official said that the jet was inside Syrian skies while being shot down by ground based anti-aircraft artillery. Two pilots ejected safely but one of them already killed by rebels while another pilot being captured by them, sources ensured media.