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Syrian Civil War

Turkish Air Force / Türk Hava Kuvvetleri 

NAME                                      VICTORIES                      UNIT             COMMENTS

unknown                                       1                          182. Filo        1 Mi-17      
unknown                                       1                          182. Filo        1 MiG-23MF   
unknown                                       1                                           1 Orlan-10 UAV  
unknown                                       1                                           1 Su-24M №83 
unknown                                       1                                           1 Mi-17      
unknown                                       1                                           1 Su-24MK2      
unknown                                       1                                           1 Su-24MK2      
unknown                                       1                                           1 L-39      
unknown                                       1 [0+1]                                     ½ Mohajer-4 UAV   
unknown                                       1 [0+1]                                     ½ Mohajer-4 UAV
unknown                                       1 [0+1]                                     ½ Orlan-10 UAV   
unknown                                       1 [0+1]                                     ½ Orlan-10 UAV   

unknown                                       1 [0+1]                                     ½ A320 FLT
unknown                                       1 [0+1]                                     ½ A320 FLT

Air-to-Air Victories

Date Time Unit Aircraft Pilot Weapon Victim Country Place
10. 10. 2012     F-16C unknown   ½ A320 FLT Syrian Air Esenboğa IA, Turkey
10. 10. 2012     F-16C unknown   ½ A320 FLT Syrian Air Esenboğa IA, Turkey
16. 9. 2013 14:27 182 Filo F-16C S.No.92-005 unknown AIM-9X Mi-17 SyAAF Yayladag, Hatay province, Turkey
23. 3. 2014 13:13 182 Filo F-16C S.No.91-008 unknown AIM-120 MiG-23MF SyAAF over Hatay province, Turkey
16. 5. 2015 14:00   F-16C unknown AIM-9 ½ Mohajer-4 UAV SyAAF Darkush, Idlib
16. 5. 2015 14:00   F-16C unknown AIM-9 ½ Mohajer-4 UAV SyAAF Darkush, Idlib
16. 10. 2015     F-16C unknown AIM-9 Orlan-10 UAV   3 km into Hatay airspace
24. 11. 2015 09:24   F-16C unknown AIM-120 Su-24M №83 (*) VKS Turkman, Syria
28. 9. 2019 13.24   F-16C unknown   ½ Orlan-10 UAV Russia Cildiroba
28. 9. 2019 13.24   F-16C unknown   ½ Orlan-10 UAV Russia Cildiroba
11. 2. 2020     F-16C unknown AIM-120 Mi-17 SyAAF over al-Nayrab, south of Idlib and
crashed 1 mile (1.5km) northwest
of Qminas.
1. 3. 2020     F-16C unknown AIM-120 Su-24MK2 SyAAF over the Idlib region
1. 3. 2020     F-16C unknown AIM-120 Su-24MK2 SyAAF over the Idlib region
3. 3. 2020     F-16C unknown AIM-120C L-39ZO SyAAF,
5th TS		 over Jabal al-Zawiya, west
of Maarat al-Numan, Idlib

Comment:
(*):Crew - Олег Анатольевич Пешков and Константин Валерьевич Мурахтин
AIM-9 :AIM-9 Sidewinder, short-range air-to-air missile
AIM-120 :AIM-120 AMRAAM (Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile)
Filo :Squadron
FLT :Forced To Land
SyAAF :Syrian Arab Air Force (القوات الجوية العربية السورية‎, Al Quwwat al-Jawwiyah al Arabiya as-Souriya)
UAV :Unmanned aerial vehicle
VKS :Russian Aerospace Forces (Воздушно-космические силы) / Авиационная группа ВВС России в Сирии

General Dynamics F-16C Block 40L Fighting Falcon

General Dynamics F-16C Block 40L Fighting Falcon, S. No. 92-0006 (c/n. 4R-107), 182 Filo, Turkish Air Force / Türk Hava Kuvvetler.

MiG-23MF

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MF, Syrian Air Force / القوات الجوية العربية السورية.

F-16
General Dynamics F-16C Block 40L Fighting Falcon, S. No. 92-0006, 182 Filo, Turkish Air Force / Türk Hava Kuvvetler.

F-16
General Dynamics F-16C Block 40L Fighting Falcon, S. No. 92-0006, 182 Filo, Turkish Air Force / Türk Hava Kuvvetler.

F-16
General Dynamics F-16C Block 40H Fighting Falcon, S. No. 91-0008, 182 Filo, Turkish Air Force / Türk Hava Kuvvetler.

Map
Turkish General Staff published the radar track history regarding the incident how the Turkish F-16 shot down a Syrian Mil Mi-17 Hip helicopter.

Map
Map released by the Russian Ministry of Defence. Russia claims that the red line represents the Su-24M's flight path and the blue line the Turkish F-16 flight path.

F-16
Sukhoi Su-24M2, White 83, pilot Lt Col Oleg Anatolyevich Peshkov and weapon systems officer Capt Konstantin Valeryevich Muratkin, Russian Aerospace Forces (Воздушно-космические силы Российской Федерации).

F-16
The stricken 'Fencer' was captured in its final seconds by a local cameraman.

Герой Российской Федерации Олег Анатольевич Пе́шков
Hero of the Russian Federation Oleg Anatolyevich Peshkov.
Герой Российской Федерации Олег Анатольевич Пе́шков.
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