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| Date: | Wednesday 24 December 2014 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  General Dynamics F-16AM Fighting Falcon |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) |
| Registration: | 681 |
| MSN: | 61-464 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Raqqa -
 Syria
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Al-Azraq AB |
The plane, belonging to the coalition forces, crashed either due to a technical malfunction or was shot down by ISIS on Wednesday morning 24 December 2014. The pilot survived the crash. The plane crashed into a house.
An ISIS branch published photographs purporting to show its fighters holding a captured pilot, with a caption identifying him as Jordanian. The Jordanian military has confirmed that the airplane was indeed operated by the Royal Jordanian Air Force and that the pilot was captured.
Sources:
1. http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/12/24/ISIS-shoots-down-warplane-over-northern-Syria.html
2. http://gulfnews.com/news/region/syria/isil-militants-down-syrian-fighter-jet-in-raqqa-1.1385709
3. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30596474
4. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/24/islamic-state-shot-down-coalition-warplane-syria
5. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2886034/ISIS-shoot-warplane-Syria-claim-monitoring-group.html
6. http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/1124/
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Dec-2014 10:09 | gerard57 | Added |
| 24-Dec-2014 10:11 | harro | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Dec-2014 10:26 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 24-Dec-2014 15:01 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Dec-2014 16:47 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Source, ] |
| 24-Dec-2014 16:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Dec-2014 20:32 | Anon. | Updated [Date, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Dec-2014 07:36 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, ] |
| 07-Nov-2015 15:26 | El_serj | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
| 02-Dec-2015 20:35 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 25-Feb-2021 21:10 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
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