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Isis shoots down Syrian AF Mig-29 (not confirmed) 23nov...

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According to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights watch group, ISIS has downed a warplane from the Syrian Air Force over Deir Ezzor on Sunday 23 November 2014.
A not objectively confirmed image shows a burning jet in the sky
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=171539

Indeed, that image is not "confirmed".
http://syriahr.com/en/wp-content/upload ... /isqat.jpg
very much looks like
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhyUSnzClGk
from RIAT Fairford 1993... :roll:
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Re: PIC/VID: Isis Syria shoots down Ukraine AF Mig-29...

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...not sure why the header states 'Ukraine'....
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CJ wrote:...not sure why the header states 'Ukraine'....
Indeed, you are right.
The image used by various media outlets depicts a Russian Mig-29 after the collision at RIAT Fairford 1993. Corrected...
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Re: PIC/VID: Isis Syria shoots down Russian AF Mig-29...

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And now the topic title states 'Russian AF', which is complete nonsense....

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