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Military Jets Escort Plane After Man Forcefully Tries To Enter Cockpit: Report
The U.S. military on Friday scrambled two Air Force fighter jets to escort an American Airlines flight into Honolulu International Airport after a disturbance involving a Turkish passenger aboard the plane was reported, officials said. The nature of the fracas was not immediately disclosed by the FBI, the military or American Airlines, but local ne...
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Turkey Prosecutes Suspected Killer Of Russian Pilot, Says Official
A man suspected of killing a Russian air force pilot after his plane was shot down by a Turkish jet near the Syrian border last November is being prosecuted, a Turkish official said on Monday.
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Turkey Sends Body of Shot Down Pilot Back to Russia: Reports
Turkey today sent back to Russia the body of a pilot killed when his plane was shot down by the Turkish air force for allegedly violating its air space on the Syrian border, reports said.
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US Believes Drone Downed by Turkey Was Russian: Official
The US military believes a drone downed by Turkey was Russian, a US official said Friday, contradicting Moscow's claims that none of its drones had been lost.
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Turkey Says Russian Warplane Violated Its Airspace
A Russian warplane violated Turkish airspace near the Syrian border on Saturday, prompting the Air Force to scramble two F-16 jets to intercept it, the Foreign Ministry said today.
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Turkey Bombs Islamic State in Syria, Vows to Carry on Fight
Turkey on today vowed to press on with operations against Islamic State (IS) in Syria and other militant groups, after its war planes bombed the jihadists' positions for the first time.
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Indian Air Force Scrambles Fighter Jets as Turkish Plane Sparks Alert
The Indian Air Force on Sunday scrambled fighter planes from its air base in Jodhpur after two commercial passenger aircraft sought to enter Indian territory from the Pakistan side using similar identification codes, sparking a security alert.
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Turkey shoots down Syrian plane it says violated air space
Turkish armed forces shot down a Syrian plane on Sunday which Turkey said had crossed into its air space in an area where Syrian rebels have been battling President Bashar al-Assad's forces for control of a border crossing.
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Syria says it shot down Turkish air force jet
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...
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Military Jets Escort Plane After Man Forcefully Tries To Enter Cockpit: Report
The U.S. military on Friday scrambled two Air Force fighter jets to escort an American Airlines flight into Honolulu International Airport after a disturbance involving a Turkish passenger aboard the plane was reported, officials said. The nature of the fracas was not immediately disclosed by the FBI, the military or American Airlines, but local ne...
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Turkey Prosecutes Suspected Killer Of Russian Pilot, Says Official
A man suspected of killing a Russian air force pilot after his plane was shot down by a Turkish jet near the Syrian border last November is being prosecuted, a Turkish official said on Monday.
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Turkey Sends Body of Shot Down Pilot Back to Russia: Reports
Turkey today sent back to Russia the body of a pilot killed when his plane was shot down by the Turkish air force for allegedly violating its air space on the Syrian border, reports said.
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US Believes Drone Downed by Turkey Was Russian: Official
The US military believes a drone downed by Turkey was Russian, a US official said Friday, contradicting Moscow's claims that none of its drones had been lost.
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Turkey Says Russian Warplane Violated Its Airspace
A Russian warplane violated Turkish airspace near the Syrian border on Saturday, prompting the Air Force to scramble two F-16 jets to intercept it, the Foreign Ministry said today.
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Turkey Bombs Islamic State in Syria, Vows to Carry on Fight
Turkey on today vowed to press on with operations against Islamic State (IS) in Syria and other militant groups, after its war planes bombed the jihadists' positions for the first time.
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Indian Air Force Scrambles Fighter Jets as Turkish Plane Sparks Alert
The Indian Air Force on Sunday scrambled fighter planes from its air base in Jodhpur after two commercial passenger aircraft sought to enter Indian territory from the Pakistan side using similar identification codes, sparking a security alert.
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Turkey shoots down Syrian plane it says violated air space
Turkish armed forces shot down a Syrian plane on Sunday which Turkey said had crossed into its air space in an area where Syrian rebels have been battling President Bashar al-Assad's forces for control of a border crossing.
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Syria says it shot down Turkish air force jet
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...
