A McDonnell F-4 of the Turkish Air Force was shot down in 2012

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A McDonnell F-4 of the Turkish Air Force was shot down in 2012
McDonnell Douglas RF-4E Phantom II, Turkey - Air Force JP7136033.jpg

A Turkish McDonnell RF-4E of the same type

Accident summary
Accident type Launch
place SyriaSyria Syria ( Latakia Governorate )
date June 22, 2012
Fatalities 2
Survivors 0
Aircraft
Aircraft type McDonnell RF-4E
operator Turkish Air Force
Departure airport Malatya Erhaç Airport
crew 2
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When a McDonnell F-4 of the Turkish Air Force was shot down on June 22, 2012 off the Syrian coast in the province of Latakia , a McDonnell RF-4E of the Turkish Air Force was shot down by the Syrian Armed Forces . The unarmed reconnaissance plane took off from Malatya Erhaç airport . According to Turkish information, the aircraft is said to have violated Syrian airspace only briefly and accidentally and was already back in international airspace at the time of shooting down. According to Syrian information, the plane was shot down in Syrian airspace. According to experts, the reconnaissance aircraft wanted to test the Syrian air defenses based on the low altitude and high speed. The aircraft was most likely shot down by an S-200 anti-aircraft missile developed in the Soviet Union .

Two weeks after the shooting, the bodies of the crew were recovered around 15.7 km off the Syrian coast. In response, NATO sent the US-developed MIM-104 Patriot anti-aircraft missiles to the Turkish border with Syria. The USA, Spain (since January 2015), the Netherlands and Germany are participating in this operation (“ Operation Active Fence ”) .

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Individual evidence

  1. Turkish RF-4E Phantom shot down by Syrian Air Defense battery. Known and unknown facts. (English), accessed December 8, 2015
  2. Tages-Anzeiger : What did the Turkish jet want? Retrieved December 8, 2015
  3. Tages-Anzeiger : Corpses of Turkish pilots recovered from deep seas , accessed on December 8, 2015
  4. Tages-Anzeiger : NATO stations Patriot missiles in Turkey , accessed on December 8, 2015
  5. From dpa: Syria conflict: NATO stationed Patriot missiles in Turkey. In: ZEIT ONLINE. Retrieved December 9, 2015 .

Coordinates: 35 ° 50 ′ 0.5 ″  N , 35 ° 30 ′ 35.8 ″  E