shamayel said:
A Turkish F-16 was also shot down in 1996 (I think) by a Greek Mirage-2000 with an Air to Air missile in an engagement over International waters. The Turkish pilot was killed and the wreckage was found in International waters.
This ended the F-16s perfect record.
I have no record of any air to air losses in any of my records, but however have found the following. AFAIK no F-16's have been lost to air to air combat.
HOSTILE ACTIONS" IN AEGEAN BY TURKISH AIR FORCE
Macedonian Press Agency ^ | WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2003
Posted on 05/14/2003 1:59:13 PM PDT by Phatheon
HOSTILE ACTIONS" IN AEGEAN BY TURKISH AIR FORCE Athens, 14 May 2003 (11:19 UTC+2)
New violations of Athens FIR and Greek airspace were committed by the Turkish Air Force yesterday, with a climax of harassing Greek fighter jets during scheduled maneuvers. Such an incident of clear and direct obstruction of Greek military exercises has never before been recorded.
This action was characterized as “hostile†by circles of the Ministry of Defense, because it violates all rules of international law and there is a great chance of an accident occurring. The incident was noted at 11am yesterday, when two armed Turkish F-16 fighters illegally entered the Athens FIR and harassed three Phantom aircrafts participating in small scale aeronautic military drill codenamed “Triena†(trident).
The Turkish F-16s followed the Greek F-4s to a very low altitude of 1000ft, obstructing the procedure of attacking a target in the sea. The specific target had been towed by the “Doxa†gunboat, while the shots fired by the Greek F-4s were carried out with training ammo.
The specific region within the Athens FIR had been committed in time with a NOTAM issued by the Air Force. The Turkish fighters, equipped with air-to-air missiles, were intercepted by Greek fighters. The Ministry of National Defense will send an electronic depiction of the incident to NATO, while the Foreign Ministry has been informed, so that the Greek Ambassador to Ankara can carry out an official diplomatic protest.
Yesterday, approximately 34 Turkish fighters in 14 formations carried out 15 violations of the Athens FIR and 44 violations of Greek national air space.
In nine cases there were intense dogfights, since the Turkish pilots refused to leave the Athens FIR, even though they had been “interceptedâ€.
Meanwhile, in the framework of the discussion of the Measures for the Construction of Trust (MOE) in the Aegean, Athens and Ankara, there has been an agreement on only one point: Both sides informing each other on military exercises, so that there are no problems in the area and the time during which war games are carried out. In harassing the Greek fighters, the Turkish military leadership directly violated that agreement, while discussions for the materialization of the MOE have frozen.