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Israeli F-16 was shot down

https://ria.ru/world/20180210/1514358048.html

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   TEL-AVIV, Feb 10 - RIA Novosti. Israeli military aircraft fell in the north of the country, told RIA Novosti officer of the army press service.

   Israel reported on the interception of "Iranian drone invading from Syria"
   The tenth channel of local television broadcasts that the F-16 fighter, which participated in a raid on the territory of Syria, crashed.

"I can confirm that the plane fell in the north of Israel, there was no information about the victims," the agency interlocutor said.

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Video showing possibly a parachute (probably pilot that ejected from F-16)

https://m.ynet.co.il/Articles/5103388

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Until now over 6 S-200 launches were noted
This is a high scale engagement and it won’t end before several hours.
And it might escalate.

 

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From the start of the Syrian war until now, this was the biggest activity for the Syrian Air Defense Forces, some say in total over 25 missiles were launched from the Syrian side.
I expect an Israeli retaliation by surface to surface missile attack.

 

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Head of #Syria|n Arab Army Engineer Troops Malik Asi Muhammad meets his counterpart Yuriy Stavitsky and visits #Russia|n Armed Forces' International Mine Action Centre in Nakhabino, outside #Moscow.
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   Apperently Israely plains attempted to strike T4 base, which is far from Israeli borders. This may explain why AA missiles parts were found in Jordan, there was also plains in Lebanon skies that were targeted by AA. Also, some posters noted that bombload on F-16 was not usual - long range missiles/cruise missiles.

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Just a small update:

 

The F-16 that was downed yesterday (10/02/2018 in normal date format DD/MM/YYYY) was at a very high altitude along with his squadron, as they were firing missiles at the T4 airbase from a very long range, which required them to fly high. Their high altitude exposed them to AA fire, and as soon as the missiles were launched, the airplanes dived and commenced standard evasive maneuvers. The downed F-16 apparently remained at high altitude and could not maneuver on time. The main assumption right now is that they were preoccupied (pilot and navigator) with making sure the missiles hit their targets. It's also being checked if they even received a missile warning.

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