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Israeli fighter jet crashes under Syria fire, military says

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Israeli fighter jet crashes under Syria fire, military says

Post by Gary » Sat Feb 10, 2018 7:26 am

BBC reporting a Israeli F-16 has crashed this morning
An Israeli fighter jet has crashed amid Syrian anti-aircraft fire after an offensive against Iranian targets in Syria, the Israeli military says.

The two pilots ejected and parachuted to safety after the crash in northern Israel. They were taken to hospital.

Israel said its aircraft, an F-16 jet, was carrying out strikes in response to the launch of an Iranian drone into Israel. The drone was intercepted.

Syria opened fire after an Israeli act of "aggression", state media said.
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Re: Israeli fighter jet crashes under Syria fire, military s

Post by The Phantom » Sat Feb 10, 2018 8:01 am

Good that they got out okay and didn't come down in enemy territory :thumb:

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Re: Israeli fighter jet crashes under Syria fire, military s

Post by Northsky » Sat Feb 10, 2018 8:36 am

Quite likely they were hit by S400 missiles under control of Russians.

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Re: Israeli fighter jet crashes under Syria fire, military s

Post by T_J » Sat Feb 10, 2018 3:39 pm

Northsky wrote:Quite likely they were hit by S400 missiles under control of Russians.

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No it doesn't. Russia has no beef with Israel as long as they stay away from striking near to their airbases. They are not going to get involved with the back on-going Israeli/Hezbollah/Syrian/Iranian conflicts.

That is why the Russians and Israelis signed a memorandum of understanding. Russia does not want to get dragged into such matters.

Israel, Russia agreed to consult on military operations over Syria

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation- ... 28386.html

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Re: Israeli fighter jet crashes under Syria fire, military s

Post by Northsky » Sun Feb 11, 2018 8:54 am

According to an Doha institute specialist on Al Jazeera he said it was quite likely a Russian on the trigger and that the Israelis were in Moscow recently and were probably warned by the Russians.

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Re: Israeli fighter jet crashes under Syria fire, military s

Post by martmpf » Sun Feb 11, 2018 9:16 am

The Phantom wrote:Good that they got out okay and didn't come down in enemy territory :thumb:
It was reported on various BBC News bulletins yesterday that one of the crew members was seriously injured unfortunately.

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