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6 Rafale and two support planes arrived yesterday in Langley (VA) to take part to Trilateral Exercise Initiative (TEI). This exercise will take place from 2nd to 18th December 2015. It brings together the French Air Force, Royal Air Force and the US Air Force. The three countries (France, United Kin...

According to Twitter @CombatAir: Syrian opposition sources identify downed Russian Air Force Su-24M as c/n 0715323 from the 6980th Guards Air Base at Shagol-Chelyabinsk. Well, then here it is, 0715323: https://pp.vk.me/c617126/v617126592/1596a/ItZlhvfQR7w.jpg :( https://pp.vk.me/c543104/v543104086/...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPmmtrMJyHs

Regardless whether they were on our side or not, I feel sorry for the pilots and their families. Especially if they were shot after ejecting. Shooting defenseless pilots while hanging from their chutes is barbarian.... I agree. But German pilots shot chutes during WWII, as well as american ones did...

We've all heard the "rumours" that Turkey buys oil from IS. Now imagine the "peculiar flavour", if it turns out that the Su-24 happened to be involved in bombing IS' oilwells :twisted: It is not rumours. Former agencies agents stated these facts on TV, after what happened in Paris... IS sells 3 mil...

pilots safe This is not completly correct, according to lifenews.ru one of the pilots is killed and the other one is captured bij Turkmenians in Syria; http://lifenews.ru/news/171501 R.I.P. A spokesman for the Syrian rebel group which claimed to have captured a Russian pilot whose plane was shot do...

Dutch media is hinting that the Su-24 was approaching Turkish airspace. I wonder how legitimate it is to down an aircraft that is only approaching your airspace, but not actually enters it... even if warned. Erwin Radar footage from the Turkish MoD shows the Su-24 circling twice or 3 times over tur...

Su-24 confirmed.
pilots safe
https://russian.rt.com/

michel N wrote:Both Russia and Turkey confirmed it was a Russian Su-24, with Russian pilots

Do you have a link?...

Although looking similar, it might, indeed, be a MiG-23. Look at this video footage (below). The profile shows the caracteritic massive tail of a MiG. The above (or below view) shows 2 details : - the empty space under the rudder, that does not exist on a Su-24. - the opened wing angle. If it was a ...

Trabanti wrote:4 for St. Dizier? You mean Istres I assume?

Nice photos, good to see those old codes back indeed.

No, the name of 4th escadre has "migrated" from istres to St Dizier.
Don't ask why. Even French avaition specialists are lost ...
Marc

Thanks for sharing Bruno.
Marc-Eric

All thx for the positive responses...FredL unfortunately I cannot post more than these teasers ;-) as soon as published I can share more cool stuff overhere :-) As en editor, I can just congratulate you for your decision. Too much people post all their, sometimes scarce pictures on Internet and are...

Margreet1975 wrote:Sorry to ask, but this is an English forum, so English please!

I agree !!
Too many posts are still in dutch. If scramble wants to be a community, I think the moderators should notify this point more often.
Thanks for all