Do you want to access to this and other private contents?
Log in if you are a subscriber or click here to request service

Turkish F-4 airplane shooting down: the Syrian version of events

Damascus, Syria - "What Turkey said is baseless and inaccurate"

Damascus is trying to defend itself about the shooting down of the Turkish F-4 Phantom II fighter aircraft while the entire world continues to condemn the civil war which caused more than 10,000 victims since 2011. Jihad Makdessi, the Syrian Foreign Minister, has replied that the shooting down of an aircraft which blatantly violated the Syrian airspace was a defensive and sovereign act. The minister...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1142635
Rome, Italy, 06/26/2012 11:54
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

Similar

Civil aviationSolarig Spain invests €1.15 billion to produce SAF aviation fuel

New plant in Teruel, Aragon, with capacity of over 75,000 tons per year

Equivalent to 33,000 flight connections between Zaragoza and London (considering a 50% sustainable fuel mix) more

DefenseLondon dismantles 14 CH-47 helicopters and entire Puma H-C2 fleet

Defense cuts to fill black holes. But Putin's threat of aggression looms

46 Watchkeeper Mk-1 drones also decommissioned. And the axe also falls on the forces of the Royal Navy more

AirportsLondon-Gatwick Airport South Terminal evacuated

As a precaution for safety reasons

Brief. The management company of London-Gatwick airport informs in a post on X that "A large part of the South Terminal has been evacuated as a precaution while we continue to investigate a security incident.During... more