Air disaster

2012 Turkish F-4 Phantom shootdown

22 Jun 2012 · 35.83° N, 35.51° E

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When
22 Jun 2012
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
35.83° N, 35.51° E
Description
event in which the Syrian military shot down a Turkish aircraft
Deaths
2

2012 Turkish F-4 Phantom shootdown

Shootdown over the border between Syria and Turkey

On 22 June 2012, a Turkish McDonnell Douglas RF-4E Phantom II reconnaissance jet was intercepted and shot down by the Syrian Army in international airspace, after having violated Syrian airspace. The jet's pilots were killed; both Turkish and Syrian forces searched for them before recovering their bodies in early July.

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