Dramatic Moment Syrian Jet Explodes As It Is Shot Down By Turkish Fighter Planes For 'Violating Its Airspace' -- Daily Mail
* Attack in border region where Syrian rebels are battling Assad's forces
* Turkish PM: 'If you violate my airspace, our slap after this will be hard'
* Rebels have been fighting for control of Kasab crossing since Friday
This is the dramatic moment that a Syrian warplane exploded after being shot down by a Syrian fighter plane in a move sure to increase tensions between the two countries.
The attack on the plane - from which the pilot ejected - happened in a border region where Syrian rebels have been battling President Bashar al-Assad's forces.
‘A Syrian plane violated our airspace,’ Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told an election rally of his supporters in north-west Turkey.
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My Comment: Apparently the pilot survived.
2 comments:
The first 2 pics in the story are of a Sukhoi Su-27/35 Flanker popping flares and executing a dynamic breaking maneuver.
The MiG-23 further down is accurate.
This is why I like people commenting. They see things that I do not.
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