A Turkish Air Force F-16C attending the Nato Tiger Meet in Konya is sporting the kill marking “earned” after shooting down a Syrian Mi-17.
On September 16, 2013, a Syrian Arab Air Force Mi-17 Hip helicopter that had violated the Turkish airspace by 2 km was shot down by a Turkish Air Force F-16C belonging to the 182 Filo.
A photograph, taken at the Konya airbase during the NATO Tiger Meet 2015 exercise and published by the Turkish Kokpit.aero website, shows the F-16 sporting a Mi-17 kill mark celebrating the aerial victory over the Assad’s utility chopper.
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