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In Syria downed MiG-21 air force. It is reported TASS with reference to the channel Sky News Arabia.
Plane pilot captured by the militants. Other details were not given.
June 19, last year it was reported that the MiG-21 of the Syrian air force crashed in the province of Hama in the West, the crew was killed. According to military officials, the accident occurred due to technical reasons. In mid-March of that year, the same fighter jet of the Syrian air force was shot down from MANPADS near the village of chair-nbuda in Hama province. One of the crew members survived, the second one died.
The MiG-21 is a Soviet supersonic light tactical fighter of the third generation, developed in the mid 1950-ies. Various modifications of the aircraft are still in service in several European, African and Asian countries.