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2 September 2022 – A Syrian Arab Air Force MiG-21 crashed in Al-Suwaida. [248] [249] 2 September 2022 – A Syrian Arab Air Force Mil Mi-8 crashed in Hama, killing all three crew members. [249] 29 December 2022 – A Syrian Arab Air Force L-39 trainer aircraft crashed near Kuweires Airbase in eastern Aleppo. The pilot was killed in the crash.
Syrian state media and the SOHR said that the crash was due to heavy fog or "technical issues" [2] [6] [3] and that the plane hit an electricity pylon. [7] However, Al-Qaeda affiliated group Al-Nusra Front claimed that they shot it down. [2] [8] [9] Syrian media provided a list with the names of the 30 Syrian soldiers who were killed.
2015 Syrian Air Force An-26 crash; B. Buffalo 461; C. ČSA Flight 540; J. Ja'Din shootdown incident; Japan Air Lines Flight 404; P. Pan Am Flight 121; R.
On 18 June 2017, a United States Navy F/A-18E shot down a Syrian Air Force Su-22 Fitter with an AIM-120 AMRAAM missile after it reportedly attacked Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces positions in the town of Ja'Din. It was the first time the U.S. shot down a crewed aircraft since 1999 and the first with the F/A-18E/F variant.
A video shared on X claims to show the Russian Air Force bombing Syrian rebels. Verdict: Misleading The video is from at least 2019 and is not related to the current fighting. Fact Check: The ...
It was part of a massive, multiday airstrike campaign by Israel that saw its air force and navy hit more than 350 targets across the country since Saturday, destroying an estimated 70% of Syria ...
The reconnaissance aircraft of type RF-4E belonged to the 173rd Wing at the 7th Main Jet Base Group Command stationed at the Erhaç Air Base in Malatya. [5]The aircraft, piloted by Flight lieutenant Gökhan Ertan and Flying officer Hasan Hüseyin Aksoy, [6] took off on 22 June 2012 with the task to help test the Turkish radar system.
Israel stated that it was "the biggest and most significant attack the air force has conducted against Syrian air defenses since the 1982 Lebanon War". Hezbollah said that the downing of the F-16 was the beginning of "a new strategic phase", [16] as it was the first occasion on which Israel lost a jet to an enemy combatant since 1982. [17]