Posted on 09/29/2020 10:36:33 AM PDT by NorseViking
A Su-25 jet of the Armenian Air Force was shot down by a Turkish F-16 fighter in the airspace of the Republic of Armenia, Spokesperson for the Armenian Defense Ministry Shushan Stepanyan informs.
F-16 fighter jets belonging to the Air Force of the Republic of Turkey took off from Ganja Airport of the Republic of Azerbaijan at 10:30 am today and were assisting SU-25 fighters and Turkish-made Bayraktar UAVs in the missile strikes on Vardenis, Mets Masrik, Sotk regions of the Vardenis region of Armenia.
During this period, the air defense units were performing fire support tasks for the air defense units of the RA Armed Forces.
During the air-to-air battles the F-16 multifunctional fighter of the Air Force of the Republic of Turkey struck the SU-25 jet of the Armenian Air Force in the airspace of the Republic of Armenia.
The pilot was killed in the attack.
The F-16 was at 60km depth and 8200 altitude, she said.
On Tuesday, Armenia’s Defense Ministry said a passenger bus had been hit by an Azerbaijani drone in the eastern Armenian city of Vardenis. There were no reports of casualties.
(Excerpt) Read more at en.armradio.am ...
The Turks didn’t kill enough of them in 1915?
Crap, meet Fan!
“The Turks didn’t kill enough of them in 1915?”
Apparently not, by virtue of the fact that there are Armenians still.
Whats that famous quote from “The Hunt for Red October”.
For those that don’t know: The SU-25 is a ground-attack jet, sort of the Soviet/Russian counterpart to the A-10. Much like the A-10, it’s not that good at air-to-air missile combat in its normal loadout.
We’ll see if Russia responds.
The genocide never spoken.
One ping!.......................
Game On!
I suspect that Turkey is about to be short some F-16s courtesy of the Armenian Air Force’s four SU-30s.
Looks a bit like a slightly angrier version of an L-39.
Is this about disrupting oil supplies to hurt the world economy? Is a larger war the intended outcome here? There is no way this conflict was spontaneous between Armenia and that Islamic shithole. This was planned and intended to occur at this time, on the eve of an American election. There has to be some purpose for it that ultimately harms us. Unless they think they can just get away with gobbling up territory while elections are ongoing?
Turkey needs a war to distract their populace from their collapsing economy and for Erdogan to stay in power. It doesn’t really affect us or US politics.
RIP Fred
Evidently the Armenian AWACS was not airborne. (Kidding.)
If you are a slow SU21 near the ground, you are playing the role a fat seal in the water when an F16 enters the area.
Now we will see how the Russians “new stuff” works against the NATO standard stuff.
I hope we can get an F35 to test in this mess. (I am kidding...I don’t want any US jet anywhere near this shit show.)
I think globalists are trying to create Russian-related crisis for democrats to rally around blaming Trump for complicity.
First they tried to re-ignite East Ukraine but failed. Then the coup in Belarus but Putin ignores. Then the poisoning of Navalny but it screams false flag and failed to produce any effect.
Armenia is another attempt. It is in CSO with Russia meaning Armenia has a right for Russian involvement on their part if attacked.
In this case the media would scream ‘Russian aggression’ once again and that Trump is doing nothing about it.
Never knew what hit him.................
Good old Fred Thompson. Lorie Morgan (”Something in Red”) made a move on Fred, but he was wise enough to sidestep her and not let her get her hooks into him. He wound up with a real nice lady and had some good years before he left us. JMHO.
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