Amid what it sees as an increase in unsafe behavior by the Russian military, the US military is concerned it might have to shoot down a Russian aircraft over Syria if the Russian plane is seen as a threat to US or coalition forces fighting ISIS.
"The greatest concern is that we could shoot down a Russian aircraft because its actions are seen as a threat to our air or ground forces," said Lt. Col. Damien Pickart, the spokesman for US Air Forces Central Command.
"As coalition leaders have repeatedly said, we're here to fight ISIS -- not the Russians or anyone else," he added.
The concern comes as the US military has accused Russia and Syrian regime aircraft of violating policies that were agreed to by the United States and Russia to prevent such accidents.
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Update #1: In Syria’s Skies, Close Calls With Russian Warplanes (New York Times)
Update #2: Russian MoD Reports Incident With US F-22 Fighter Over Syria's Euphates River (Sputnik)
WNU Editor: All that it will take is one small misunderstanding .... and then we may have an international crisis that will raise global tensions sky-high. A U.S. jet shooting down a Russian jet will guarantee that (and vice Versa).
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Russian MoD Reports Incident With US F-22 Fighter Over Syria's Euphates River
via Sputnik
The Russian Defense Ministry has called the presence of the US air force in Syria illegal.
"An American F-22 fighter actively prevented the Russian pair of Su-25 attack aircraft from carrying out a combat mission to destroy the Daesh stronghold in the suburbs of the city of Mayadin in the airspace over the western bank of the Euphrates River on November 23. The F-22 aircraft fired off heat flares and released brake shields with permanent maneuvering, imitating an air battle," Major-General Igor Konashenkov, the Russian Defense Ministry's spokesperson said on Saturday.
The spokesperson has explained that most of the majority of near-misses between US and Russian planes in Syria and in the area of Euphrates were connected with the Washington's attempts to hinder Daesh defeat.
At the same time, he noted that "after the appearance of a Russian multifunctional super maneuverable Su-35S fighter, the American fighter stopped dangerous maneuvers and hurried to move into Iraqi airspace."
Moreover, the ministry's representative has noted that the American side has failed to give any answer to the Russian command at the Hmeymim airbase in Syria "concerning this and many other incidents in the Syrian sky".
Before the end of times there will be great wars. Let us see if it will be in our life time or not. Maybe Trump is one of the plenty of antichrists that will come before the "lawless".
They can dish it but cant take it from us.
I don't think this will happen. That's a "diplomatic" warning.
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