Türk F-16'larının İngiliz Typhoonlarını Önlediği İddiası

Türk F-16'larının İngiliz Typhoonlarını Önlediği İddiası



Kıbrıs Rum Kesimi'nin Famagusta gazetesine göre İki İngiliz Eurofighter uçağı Türk Hava Kuvvetleri'ni alarma geçirdi. Suriye krizi nedeniyle Kıbrıs Rum Kesimi'ndeki Aktori üssüne konuşlanan Kraliyet Hava Kuvvetleri'ne ait EF2000 tipi uçaklardan ikisi 2 Eylül tarihinde Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti hava savasına girdi. Türk radarları tarafından tespit edilen uçakları önlemek için İncirlik üssünden havalanan iki Türk F-16 savaş uçağı Magosa'ya yöneldi. Türk uçakları Magosa'ya varana kadar İngiliz uçakları Aktori üssüne döndüler.

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Acaba gerçek bir dogfight yaşansa durum ne olur.Bununla ilgili tatbikatlardan falan alınan bir video olsa da izlesek.

Haberin aslı ortaya çıktı.Kıbrıs üzerine yaklaşmakta olan iki Suriye Su-24 uçağını önlemek için Kıbrıs'ta konuşlu İngiliz üssünden kalkan iki Typhoon ile İncirlikten kalkan iki Türk F-16 sı Kıbrıs üzerine hareket etmişler.Bu uçuşun yanlış aksettirilmesi nedeniyle bu haberler çıkmış.

Last week we reported the news that, on Sept. 2, the RAF Typhoons based in Cyprus, to provide the air defense of the island following the Syrian crisis, were scrambled from the British base at Akrotiri whereas two Turkish Air Force took off from Incirlik airbase and headed towards the island.

In the following days, more details about the Cyprus incident emerged.

Journalist Andrew Potter talked to the British MoD spokeperson who said: "The MOD can confirm that Typhoon Air Defence Aircraft were launched from RAF Akrotiri yesterday to  investigate unidentified aircraft over the Eastern Mediterranean; the aircraft were flying legally in international airspace; no intercept was required."

On Sept. 8, The Sunday People / Sunday Mirror revealed that Syrian Su-24 Fencers were actually involved.

"RAF Typhoon fighters won a mid-air showdown with two Syrian warplanes heading towards Britain's main base in Cyprus, the Sunday People can ­reveal. The dramatic confrontation came after President Bashar al-Assad's air chiefs sent two Russian-made Sukhoi Su-24s to probe our air defences. The Syrian bombers refused to respond to repeated attempts by the control tower at the UK's Akrotiri air base to contact them."

RAF Typhoons from the XI Sqn in QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) duty on the island, were scrambled before the Su-24s, that were flying in international airspace and were spotted by a flying E-3D AWACS could enter the 14-mile air exclusion zone. Otherwise, they would have been intercepted and identificated, and eventually escorted out of the restricted airspace.

Buzzing the enemy airspace to test its reaction time or actively disturbing the enemy training activities is not rare.

For instance, the Turkish RF-4E Phantom shot down by Syria in 2012 was probably violating the Syrian airspace to probe Damascus's air defense readiness.
http://theaviationist.com/2013/09/08/fencer-probe/#.Ui1ZetKux2N