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To: DesertRhino

No...there’s a Friend or Foe (IFF) transponder. It was probably identified as either Syrian or Russian. Since the Ruskies had violated airspace numerous times before, it was downed. Pretty sure the warning would have been given as they headed towards Turk airspace, then downed once they entered.


56 posted on 11/25/2015 7:22:16 PM PST by sandboxshooter (Iraq, Afghanistan, War)
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To: sandboxshooter

Egad! Someone who knows what they are talking about!

:-)


91 posted on 11/25/2015 11:40:11 PM PST by Paul R.
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