27.06.2016 - Sýrie: sestřelen MiG-23B, pilot padl

The Syrian Arab air force lost a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23B (also a version of Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23BN), which was supposed to be shot down and crashed into the Qalamon mountains. The pilot, Colonel Nader Ramadan, was killed. The shoot-down is claimed by the Jaysh al-Islam group, but it lists the type of aircraft as Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29.


Sources:
aviation-safety.net
http://www.middleeastobserver.org/archives/12849
http://luftwaffeas.blogspot.nl/
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