I am not 100% sure of the accuracy, but I have heard that there were two Su-24s operating and the one shot was entering for the first time. The first one entered and left, and the second entered and left and then got shot. This would make sense because the Su-24s would probably not be circling like an Su-25 or an…

Thanks for the laugh, we all need it today!

Yah, it looks like it coasted for a mile or two and then went into a spiraling nosedive.

Yah, go tell Poland, France, or Germany that they need to help attack Russia because a trigger happy Turk shot down a Russian airplane in Syrian airspace after it had already left. That is a good way to break up NATO, to try and force its members into a war to fight someone they don’t want to fight in defence someone…

By any chance, would you happen to know what frequency the Turks were broadcasting on? I am really curious if the Russian pilots could even hear them. It wouldn’t be the first time somebody was calling on the wrong channel (KAL 007 comes to mind)

Sadly, I haven't ;)

It is a very bad situation.

Try to keep up, the jet was hit and went down in Syria, according to this map released by Turkey.

Yeah, but shooting a plane after it had left is an act of war.

We avoid starting wars based off of “what if they bomb terrorists inside the border”.

We are assuming that they actually transmitted on the proper frequency, however we do know that Turkey made no effort to intercept the jet, and chose to fire as soon as they could instead

Regularly. We have flown bombers through the corners of each other’s airspace on several occasions. We are just smart enough not to shoot each other.

Russia is invited. And the U.S. Is typically allowed for most of the strikes.

You are really earning the name AmatureHour.

Yah, how would you get a boomer through Bosphorous unnoticed and unflattened by a cargo ship.

Yah, I am having a very hard time figuring out that as well b

This is becoming a very bad day. Tragic news.

That’s even worse. There is no way they could have warned and fired on the plane while it was in Turkish airspace. That’s only 2 miles! They wouldn’t even be in their airspace for more than 30 seconds.

Russian Social media is saying Su-30SMs in the air providing cover

I personally think Erdogan rigged the polls.