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US F/A-18E Shoots Down Syrian Su-22 in Air-to-Air Kill
Topic Started: Jun 18 2017, 05:48 PM (125 Views)
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http://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/06/18/us-navy-fa18e-shoots-down-su22-over-syria.html#.WUb0Gphi-bs.facebook

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US F/A-18E Shoots Down Syrian Su-22 in Air-to-Air Kill

A U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet shot down a Syrian Su-22 on Sunday after the Soviet-era fighter-bomber dropped munitions near U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighters, U.S. Central Command officials confirmed.

The strike was believed to be the U.S. military's first air-to-air kill involving manned aircraft in nearly two decades. The last known such instance was when a U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon shot down a Serbian MiG-29 in 1999 during the Kosovo campaign.

"A Syrian regime SU-22 dropped bombs near SDF fighters south of Tabqah and, in accordance with rules of engagement and in collective self-defense of Coalition partnered forces, was immediately shot down by a U.S. F/A-18E Super Hornet," the command said in a release.

The attack comes after pro-Syrian forces attacked SDF fighters in Ja'Din, wounding a number of SDF fighters, officials said. The town is south of Tabqah and a known area where U.S. works with Russia to deconflict the airspace.

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More than likely the US is not welcome to be there as it pleases and assisting Muslim rebels and fanatics.....
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https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201706181054743032-daesh-fleeing-syria-baghdadi/
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bachophile
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Ruskies are now threatening to down American planes

That should make for interesting news
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That's not what I have read. Rather the Russians are that stating they will track and target coalition aircraft and drones if they venture west of the Euphrates. Whether they take action and fire on them is a whole other scenario.
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