Turkey has reportedly shot down an Russian fighter jet identified to be the Su-24 Fencer fighter bomber, close to border with Syria. T...
Turkey has reportedly shot down an Russian fighter jet identified to be the Su-24 Fencer fighter bomber, close to border with Syria.
Turkish Air Force F-16 fighters shot down the fighter after it violated Turkish airspace in the Kızıldağ region near Turkey's Hatay province.
The jet came down near the Turkman mount, near Turkey-Syrian border, with the two pilot reportedly ejected.
#SYRIA Russian aircraft Su-24 crashed in Syria. According to the preliminary data, the pilots managed to eject from the warplane
— Минобороны России (@mod_russia) November 24, 2015
Russian Defense Ministry said the aircraft was flying at 6000 m when its was shot down by gunfire and rejected Turkish claim. MoD said the fighter didn't violate turkish airspace was all time inside the Syrian airspace according to the objective monitoring data.Russia had deployed 12 of these swing wing ground attack jets to Syrian airbase in Latakia to fight the ISIS, along with Su-25, Su-34 and Su-30 combat aircraft.
The incident marks the first combat loss for the Russian forces deployed to fight ISIS, since the mission began in September end.
Turkish F-16s had earlier shot down an Russian UAV intruded into its airspace in October.
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| An Su-24 taking off from Syrian base |
