"There were no warnings. Not via the radio, not visually. There was no contact whatsoever. That's why we were keeping our combat course as usual. You have to understand what the cruising speed of a bomber is compared to an F-16. If they wanted to warn us, they could have shown themselves by heading on a parallel course. But there was nothing. And the rocket hit our tail completely unexpectedly. We didn't even see it in time to take evasive maneuvres."
I am going to have to side with Russia on this one. Lets not forget the Turkish at the soccer game booing the moment of silence for France. Then there where cheers of allah-akbar....
Different radio frequencies?
Russia announces they are deploying S-400 missile batteries now to Syria, range 400km. Our F-15 aircrews are not happy at Incirlik Air Base.
“A short-term border violation can never be a pretext for an attack” - Turkey’s Erdogan in 2012
US Military officer said he heard the warnings on the open communications channel.
The Russians are lying.