Tuesday, September 18, 2018

IDF Officer Who Shot Down Syrian Plane In July Speaks Of The Engagement

Captain Or Naaman, who commanded the team that shot down a Syrian plane, in an interview broadcast on September 17, 2018. (Screen capture: Hadashot news)

Times of Israel: IDF officer who shot down Syrian plane speaks of tension before missile launch

Captain Or Naaman says of the July incident, ‘You take deep breaths and you wait to hear and see that you knocked out the target’.

Captain Or Naaman, the IDF officer who commanded the unit that downed a Syrian plane after it entered Israeli airspace in July, described the tension in the control station during the operation, in an interview with Hadashot news shown Monday.

According to the Israeli military, a Syrian Sukhoi fighter jet entered Israeli airspace over the Golan Heights on July 24, traveling approximately two kilometers (one mile) before it was shot down by two Israeli Patriot interceptor missiles.

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WNU Editor: I am sure the tension was sky-high when this was happening.

2 comments:

Americanadian soldier said...

Shot down by a female commanded unit yikes! That’s gotta chap some Islamic butts..... go Israel!

Anonymous said...

I agree with Gattuso.

But she could be used for bait. Let those guys come and bury them in unmarked graves.

They will come after her 20 and 30 years from now. Big downside.