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Old 16th Jul 2012, 13:17
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Wrathmonk
 
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Unarmed recon aircraft on training run, strays into Syrian airspace, warned by base to return to Turkish airspace, does so and communication is lost completely
If you look at the video clip on post #70 it would suggest the following.

1142 : RF4 enters Syrian airspace (hdg NE-ish I think) at 200'.
1144 : Turkish Radar alerts RF4 to the airspace incursion.
1147 : RF4 exits Syrian airspace at an unknown height.
1150 : RF4 requests to refly the profile and asks for positive radar control from Turkish Radar to avoid border incursion again. Profile then appears to be flown on a reciprocal hdg to that previously flown at 1142..
1158 : Last point of contact.

The slides, provided by the Turkish military, states the RF4 was hit 13 nm off the Syrian coast, then turned toward Syria and crashed 8.4 nm from the coastline.

The slides are in English, the commentary in Turkish (I don't think the commentary adds much more than translation but I leave it to a better linguist than me!!).
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