Turkish AF shoots Syrian MiG Down

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Guess the Turks finally avenged the loss of their RF-4

http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-jet-sh...-123858361.html;_ylt=AwrTWf2FAS9TRRIAB2zQtDMD

...."A Syrian plane violated our airspace," Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan told an election rally in northwest Turkey. "Our F-16s took off and hit this plane. Why? Because if you violate my airspace, our slap after this will be hard."

Syria condemned what it called a "blatant aggression" and said the jet was pursuing rebel fighters inside Syria. It said the pilot had managed to eject before the plane crashed.

The Turkish general staff said one of its control centers detected two Syrian MIG-23s around 1 pm (1100 GMT) and warned them four times after they came close to the Turkish border.....
 
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