(Jerusalem) Israel has reported that one of its aircraft (A twin seat F16I Soufa) has crashed in a field near the northern Israeli
village of Harduf, approx. 4 kms from Ramat David Airforce Base, it is presumed it was damaged by Syrian anti-aircraft fire.
Early this morning an Iranian UAV entered Israel, this was tracked and taken out by an IDF helicopter.
data-lang="en-gb">In what appears to have been a come-on (A lure) A strike mission was launched to take out the Iranian UAV control centre inside Syria and it appears the Syrians just happened to be waiting and bracketed the air with a load of flak, resulting in said crash, both pilots managed to eject.
Breaking news: IDF intercepted an Iranian UAV launched from Syria over Israeli airspace, and is now engaging Iranian targets in Syria in response. More details to follow.— Jonathan Conricus (@LTCJonathan) 10 February 2018
data-lang="en-gb">As is the way in the Middle East where face is everything , Israel has reacted by taking out 12 Syrian and Iranian targets in the region.
IDF has targeted the Iranian control systems in Syria that sent the #UAV into Israeli airspace. Massive Syrian Anti-Air fire, one F16 crashed in Israel, pilots safe. #Iran is responsible for this severe violation of Israeli sovereignty. Event ongoing, more to follow.— Jonathan Conricus (@LTCJonathan) 10 February 2018
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Moments ago, IAF aircraft, targeted the Syrian Aerial Defense System & Iranian targets in Syria. 12 targets, including 3 aerial defense batteries & 4 Iranian military targets, were attacked. Anti-aircraft missiles were fired towards Israel, triggering alarms in northern Israel— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) February 10, 2018
