Turkish Air Force commander Abidin Ünal gave direct order to down Russian jet

 

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A Turkish fighter jet pilot knew he was shooting at a Russian warplane in airspace over the Turkish-Syrian border area when he was ordered to fire by the commander of the Air Force, Gen. Abidin Ünal, a senior officer who worked at Air Force headquarters at the time revealed.

Testifying in court on on August 15, 2017, 45-year-old Staff Col. Ali Durmuş said the Combat Air Force Command reported to Ünal that two Russian fighter jets were violating Turkish airspace over the Syrian border area on November 24, 2015 and asked for instructions. Ünal ordered them to strike, which led to the downing of a Russian Sukhoi Su-24M by by a Turkish F-16 fighter jet near the border with Syria, close to where Turkey’s Hatay and Syria’s Latakia provinces meet in mountainous terrain.

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