On 24 November 2015, a Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jet shot down a Russian Sukhoi Su-24M attack aircraft near the Syria–Turkey border. According to Turkey, the aircraft was fired upon while in Turk
The Su-24M aircraft that was shot down, two weeks before the event
Turkish president Erdoğan (left) and Russian president Putin at the G-20 summit in Antalya on 15 November 2015
Repatriation of Oleg Peshkov's body at Chkalovsky Airport, 30 November 2015
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu presents President Putin with the flight data recorder of the Su-24.
Sukhoi Su-24
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The Sukhoi Su-24 is a supersonic, all-weather tactical bomber developed in the Soviet Union. The aircraft has a variable-sweep wing, twin engines and a side-by-side seating arrangement for its crew of
2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown
…On 24 November 2015, a Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jet shot down a Russian Sukhoi Su-24M attack aircraft near the Syria–Turkey border. According to Turkey, the aircraft was fired upon while in Turkish airspace because it violated the border…
Su-24M of the Russian Air Force, May 2009
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Su-24M in flight, 2009
A Su-24 in flight (2009)