Shot Down Of Military Jet

Hours after Pakistan said that it captured two Indian Air Force pilots today, its military went back on the claim to clarify that it has "only one" in custody. Major General Asif Ghafoor tweeted a photograph of the pilot who was shot down earlier in the day, along with a caption that read: "There is only one pilot under Pakistan Army's custody."

India today said an Indian pilot is missing after an Indian Air Force aircraft shot down a Pakistani jet that was targeting installations in India.

An Indian pilot who was declared "missing in action" after an Air Force fighter jet shot down a Pakistani aircraft targeting military installations in India, is in Pakistan's custody, the government has confirmed. Pakistan had earlier on Wednesday claimed it had captured the pilot, as a video circulated by Pakistani accounts showed a man in uniform...

ISIS shot down a Syrian military plane in the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zor, the terrorist group-affiliated news agency Amaq said today.

Turkey is ready "if necessary" to pay compensation to Russia after it shot down one of Moscow's military jets over Syria in November, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has said.

A Russian pilot killed after his plane was shot down by a Turkish jet last week was buried in the Russian city of Lipetsk today with military honours, after being posthumously given the country's highest military award.

Russia did not inform the U.S. military of its jet's flight plan before Turkey shot it down on Tuesday, despite assertions to the contrary by Russian President Vladimir Putin, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Four months after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, The Associated Press has obtained video that shows how close the burning passenger jet came to hitting village homes and suggests that residents first assumed it was a Ukrainian military plane that had been struck.

A Ukrainian fighter jet has been shot down by a Russian anti-aircraft system in the east of the country, where Kiev is fighting pro-Moscow rebels, Ukraine's military said on Saturday.

Pro-Russian separatists on Sunday shot down a Ukrainian fighter jet over the war-torn east of the country, a military spokesman told AFP.

A Dutch military aircraft carrying remains of victims of the Malaysian plane which was downed over eastern Ukraine has departed for the Netherlands.

The United States is putting the likely blame for the downed Malaysian passenger plane on Ukraine separatists who had Russian military help.

A Russian jet shot down a Ukrainian SU-25 fighter plane that was on military operations over the east of Ukraine, where government forces are fighting to quell a pro-Russian separatist rebellion, a military spokesman said on Thursday.

Syria said Friday it shot down a Turkish military plane that entered Syrian air space, and Turkey vowed to "determinedly take necessary steps" in response. It was the most clear and dramatic escalation in tensions between the two countries, which used to be allies before the Syrian revolt began in March 2011. Turkey has become one of the strongest...

Hours after Pakistan said that it captured two Indian Air Force pilots today, its military went back on the claim to clarify that it has "only one" in custody. Major General Asif Ghafoor tweeted a photograph of the pilot who was shot down earlier in the day, along with a caption that read: "There is only one pilot under Pakistan Army's custody."

India today said an Indian pilot is missing after an Indian Air Force aircraft shot down a Pakistani jet that was targeting installations in India.

An Indian pilot who was declared "missing in action" after an Air Force fighter jet shot down a Pakistani aircraft targeting military installations in India, is in Pakistan's custody, the government has confirmed. Pakistan had earlier on Wednesday claimed it had captured the pilot, as a video circulated by Pakistani accounts showed a man in uniform...

ISIS shot down a Syrian military plane in the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zor, the terrorist group-affiliated news agency Amaq said today.

Turkey is ready "if necessary" to pay compensation to Russia after it shot down one of Moscow's military jets over Syria in November, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has said.

A Russian pilot killed after his plane was shot down by a Turkish jet last week was buried in the Russian city of Lipetsk today with military honours, after being posthumously given the country's highest military award.

Russia did not inform the U.S. military of its jet's flight plan before Turkey shot it down on Tuesday, despite assertions to the contrary by Russian President Vladimir Putin, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Four months after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, The Associated Press has obtained video that shows how close the burning passenger jet came to hitting village homes and suggests that residents first assumed it was a Ukrainian military plane that had been struck.

A Ukrainian fighter jet has been shot down by a Russian anti-aircraft system in the east of the country, where Kiev is fighting pro-Moscow rebels, Ukraine's military said on Saturday.

Pro-Russian separatists on Sunday shot down a Ukrainian fighter jet over the war-torn east of the country, a military spokesman told AFP.

A Dutch military aircraft carrying remains of victims of the Malaysian plane which was downed over eastern Ukraine has departed for the Netherlands.

The United States is putting the likely blame for the downed Malaysian passenger plane on Ukraine separatists who had Russian military help.

A Russian jet shot down a Ukrainian SU-25 fighter plane that was on military operations over the east of Ukraine, where government forces are fighting to quell a pro-Russian separatist rebellion, a military spokesman said on Thursday.

Syria said Friday it shot down a Turkish military plane that entered Syrian air space, and Turkey vowed to "determinedly take necessary steps" in response. It was the most clear and dramatic escalation in tensions between the two countries, which used to be allies before the Syrian revolt began in March 2011. Turkey has become one of the strongest...