JORDAN
Middle East Skirmishes
Royal Jordanian Air Force (سلاح الجو الملكي الأردني / transliterated Silāḥ ul-Jawu al-Malakī ’al-Urdunī)
VICTORIES
NAME CONFIRMED UNCONFIRMED DAMAGED UNIT AIR FORCE
unknown 1 RJAF
unknown 1 RJAF
Comments:
| RJAF : | Royal Jordanian Air Force. |
- Jordan's air force has shot down an unidentified drone near the border with war-torn Syria, the military said on Wednesday. "F-16 fighter jets from the Royal Air Force downed a drone near the northern border with Syria," an air force official said, reading from a statement. (Jordan 'downs drone' near Syria border, The New Arab, https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2017/5/11/jordan-downs-drone-near-syria-border.)
Air-to-Air Victories
| Date | Unit | Aircraft | Pilot | Weapon | Place | Victim | Air Force |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 May 2017 | RJAF | F-16 | unknown | Jordan–Syria border | ½ drone | ||
| 10 May 2017 | RJAF | F-16 | unknown | Jordan–Syria border | ½ drone |
Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon, Royal Jordanian Air Force.
Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon, Royal Jordanian Air Force.
Sources & Literature
- Attrition, Accident Reports, in Air Forces Monthly, Issue 352, July 2017.
- Jordan 'downs drone' near Syria border, The New Arab, https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2017/5/11/jordan-downs-drone-near-syria-border.
- Jordan downs drone near Syria border — military, The Jordanian Times, http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/jordan-downs-drone-near-syria-border-%E2%80%94-military.
- Jordan downs drone near Syria border: Military, The Financial Express, http://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/jordan-downs-drone-near-syria-border-military/662971/.
- Jordan shoots down mystery drone, Gulf News, http://gulfnews.com/news/mena/jordan/jordan-shoots-down-mystery-drone-1.2025396.
- Jordanian air force shoot down drone near Syria borders, Kuwait News Agency, http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2610384&language=en.
