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| Date: | Friday 12 January 2018 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Forpost |
| Owner/operator: | Russian Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Hama -
 Syria
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The Russian drone (licensed copy of IAI Searcher) was claimed to have been shot down by Syrian opposition group "al Zinki".
Sources:
https://twitter.com/QalaatAlMudiq/status/951772677206937602/
Media:
NE. #Hama: Zinki shot down a #Russia|n drone on #Atshan front, probably a Forpost UAV. https://t.co/7siaYqO7yr pic.twitter.com/apuq4H6WQZ
— Qalaat Al Mudiq (@QalaatAlMudiq) 12 januari 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jan-2018 16:08 | u2fly | Added |
| 13-Jan-2018 16:09 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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