General: US Pilots Made the Call to Shoot Down Syrian Aircraft

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 General: US Pilots Made the Call to Shoot Down Syrian Aircraft

Military.com | 26 Jun 2017 | by Oriana Pawlyk

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- A U.S. Air Force general confirmed American pilots made the call to shoot down Syrian aircraft on three separate missions this month and defended their actions as self-defense.

On June 18, an F/A-18E Super Hornet conducted the U.S. military's first air-to-air kill involving a manned aircraft in nearly two decades when it downed a hostile Su-22 Fitter south of Taqbah.

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