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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Nov 24 04:17:27 2015 Rut-ro ...Turkey shoots down military jet over Syrian border – local media report plane is Russian  Turkey has shot down a Russian military jet which it says violated its airspace near the Syrian border. The Russian Defence Ministry and Turkish Presidency, quoted in Russian and Turkish media reports, have both described the plane as Russian, and video posted by the Haberturk TV station appeared to show the jet coming down in flames. A military official, quoted by Turkey's Dogan news agency, said the plane was shot down by Turkish F16s, and that the pilot was given prior warning. Various reports described the plane as coming down in hostile Syrian territory, and the fate of the two pilots on board was unknown. CNN Turk published images purporting to show two pilots parachuting safely to the ground, and reported that two helicopters had been sent from Turkey to retrieve them. While a number of videos were posted to social media appearing to show the plane itself crashing. Videos and photos in link above. --- Since Turkey is a member of NATO, this could get ... interesting. |
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