29/09/2020 18:24
Armenia's Armed Forces' jet shot down in Armenian airspace, pilot dies
Turkish air force F-16s have been deployed against Armenia and shot down an Armenian military aircraft amid the Azeri attack on Artsakh, spokesperson of Armenia's Ministry of Defense Shushan Stepanyan reports.
“Today, starting from 10:30, Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jets took off from the Gyanja airport in Azerbaijan and were ensuring the Azerbaijani SU-25 and Turkish-made Bayraktar UAV bombings from the Azerbaijani Dalyar airport at the Armenian settlements and Armed Forces land divisions positioned in the Vardenis, Mets Masrik and Sotk regions of the Vardenis region in Armenia," she said.
Stepanyan sterssed that the in the abovementioned period our air force was providing air support to the Armenian Armed Forces Air Defense units. During their mission, a Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jet shot down an on-duty SU-25 jet of the Armenian Air Force in Armenian airspace.
The F-16 was at 60km depth and 8200 altitude, the spokesperson said.