MOSCOW — The Russian pilot plucked from behind enemy lines after his jet was shot down by Turkey said Wednesday he was eager to get back to the battlefield. A 12-hour rescue operation successfully brought Capt. Konstantin Murtakhtin — who had
Turkey said the aircraft had violated its airspace and was warned 10 times in the space of five minutes before it was shot down by F-16 fighter jets. The country has requested an extraordinary NATO meeting to inform members
The downing of a Russian fighter jet by Turkish forces on Tuesday has had tensions running high. Moscow is calling it a "planned provocation." Turkey, a member of NATO, has said it had a right to defend its airspace.
A Russian Su-24 Fencer attack jet, one of about a dozen based at Russia's forward operating base in Syria south of the port city of Latakia, was shot down after Turkey claims the aircraft had passed into its airspace and did not
Turkey shot down a Russian warplane for violating its airspace Tuesday, but the Turkish air force does the exact same thing several times a day in Greece.