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| Date: | Friday 14 February 2020 |
| Time: | 23:45 LT |
| Type: |  Panavia Tornado |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Maslub district, Al-Jawf province -
 Yemen
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
A Tornado was shot down by a Houthi militia missile during a close air support mission.
The pilots survived and were captured.
Sources:
https://www.bbc.com/news/51515682
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1628081/middle-east
https://english.iswnews.com/11484/video-the-moment-that-saudi-tornado-was-shot-down-in-jawf-province/
Media:
🇾🇪 Guerre au Yemen : l'Arabie saoudite confirme qu'un de ses avions de chasse Tornado a été abattu par un missile sol / air tiré par les rebelles Houthis.
— air plus news (@airplusnews) February 15, 2020
Via @Conflits_FR
pic.twitter.com/nVsb3ESvXR
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Feb-2020 13:58 | Mido | Added |
| 15-Feb-2020 13:59 | harro | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Feb-2020 15:27 | Anon. | Updated [Total occupants, ] |
| 15-Feb-2020 15:34 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Feb-2020 15:36 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Feb-2020 19:32 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 16-Feb-2020 09:40 | RobertMB | Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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