NATO In Fighting – Putin must be laughing his ass off
F-35A fighter jet of USAF from 421st EFS shot-down a Turkish Air Force's Anka-S armed drone over Hasakah. The Turkish drone had bombed positions of SDF which are the US allies in North East of Syria.
— 301 Military (@301military) October 5, 2023
via APNEWS:
The Pentagon said Thursday the U.S. military shot down an armed Turkish drone that came within 500 meters (yards) of American troops in northeastern Syria, in a rare use of force by one NATO member against another.
Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, called it a “regrettable incident” and said U.S. troops were forced to go to bunkers for safety as Turkey bombed targets nearby.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Turkish counterpart and stressed the importance of close coordination between their two countries to prevent any risk to American forces or to the global coalition’s mission to defeat Islamic State militants in the region, Ryder said.
🚨🇺🇸🇹🇷US F-35 shot down a Turkish drone that approached the US base in Syria's Hasaka. pic.twitter.com/wvts8RkUow
— Terror Alarm (@Terror_Alarm) October 5, 2023
Drone apparently hit part of the US-controlled Syrian Oil fields
#Syria #Turkey A Turkish drone targets the Odeh oil field, which is controlled by The Syrian Armed Forces, near the city of Al-Qahtaniyah. pic.twitter.com/Hu6G3Fpb2w
— The National Independent (@NationalIndNews) October 5, 2023
h/t DOORBERT