Posted on 12/24/2014 12:57:20 PM PST by traumer
The Jordanian plane that crashed in Syria was not shot down by Islamic State (IS) militants, the US says.
The plane was lost in IS territory on Wednesday morning, and the pilot has been captured.
IS militants said that they shot down the plane with a heat-seeking missile. However, the US says "evidence clearly indicates" that this is not true.
Jordan is one of four Arab states in a US-led coalition that has launched air strikes on IS targets in Syria.
The plane is the first coalition aircraft to be lost on IS territory since air strikes began in September.
IS fighters have published photographs showing the pilot being captured. They named the pilot as Flight Lieutenant Moaz Youssef al-Kasasbeh.
In a statement, the US Central Command said it strongly condemned the actions of IS, and confirmed the group "has taken captive the downed pilot".
It did not say what could have caused the plane to crash
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those upgrades would include ones against Igla (9K38) missiles?
There was mention on a German news site that a SAR attempt was made, but failed.
Sounds like details of the aircraft loss are known, but being with held (as they should be).
Prayers to the pilot.
I don’t know what to think. Believe ISIS, or their most ardent supporter, the Obama Admin..?
The plane got lost??? Yeh right..........
F-16 ping.
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