Two days after the attack against the Su-24 Russian aircraft by an F-16 Turkish airspace Syrian, Viktor Bondarev General, Chief of Staff of the Army of the Russian Air, made a surprising statement which completely changes the picture given by the Western media, which took over Turkey alone release.
Under the memorandum concerning the Syrian campaign signed by Moscow and Washington on October 26, the Russian side informed its counterparts uniens-states, 12 hours before the mission of the two Su-24 bombers in northern Syria. They sent them all the details of the mission, including departure time: 09 h40, altitude: 5600 m to 6000 and aims to bomb: Chefir around the region, and Zahia in Mortlou northern Syria, on the border of the Turkish Hatay region. The Su-24 tactical bombers took off from the air base of Hmeymim according to the schedule planned at 9 am 40, each armed with four OFAB-250 bombs. 09 h 51 h 11 to 10 Russian bombers have evolved in a waiting area at an altitude of 5650 m and 5800 m, respectively, south of the Syrian city of Idlib. At 10 h 11, the two Russian bombers received the GPS coordinates of targets and make a first pass at the vertical of the target 16 to 10 hours by dropping the first bombs. After performing the maneuver to return above the target for the second attack, a Su-24 bombers struck by an air-to-air missile launched by the Turkish F-16 to 10 h 24.
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An analysis from the tests results on the objectives, supported by the dynamics of targets detected by radar network that monitors the entire Syrian airspace, showed the presence of two Turkish F-16 aircraft, among 09 h 08 to 10 h 29, flying at an altitude of 4200 m in the air space of the Turkish Hatay region on the border with Syria. Turkish planes had taken off at 08 h 40 and landed at 11 h 00.
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The time required for the two jets F-16 to start the engine, rolling on the runway, taking off from the air base in Diyarbakir and reach the service area located 410 km from their base, shows that the two F-16 Turks received their mission one hour before take-off of Russian bombers. This shows that Turkish drivers knew they would deal with aircraft Su-24 Russian, and knew the details of the mission of these bombers in the framework of the preparation of their action in order to position themselves to shoot down Russian aircraft so it may appear as if Russian bombers had entered Turkish airspace. They had to be instructed not to apply the procedure under international treaties that Turkey signed, namely interception, followed by eye contact, a warning shot with the edge of the barrel, and finally destruction.
According to Viktor Bondarev General, throughout its flight, the Su-24 bomber maintained a distance of 5 km from the Syrian-Turkish border, before entering the area possible firing of air-to-air guided missile by heat by one of the Turkish F-16 aircraft, which flew almost perpendicular to the direction of flight of Su-24 bombers. The Turkish aircraft made a 110 degree turn, lasting 1 minute and 40 seconds, in order to reach the Russian bomber in its rear part. Because of this shift, the Turkish F-16 entered two kilometers into Syrian airspace (where he stayed for about 40 seconds, while the Su-24 is entered as 17 seconds in space Turkish Air) enough to be visible on radar screens of air base Hmeymim during the release of the attack during which he dipped below the altitude of 2500 m.
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This maneuver has positioned the F-16 in the back part of one of the two Russian Su-24 bombers at a distance of 5 to 7 km with an approach speed that allowed the launch of air-air missile. Before the attack, there was on any radio channel, including one specially created for cooperation, no record of a call pilot or control bodies of the Turkish army.
Bondarev's conclusion is that Turkish drivers are specifically prepared for several weeks to shoot down a Russian bomber on the border with Syria, and the final details of the ambush were refined by the Turks (presumably with their allies in NATO) during the 12 hours following the arrival of the information sent by the Russians before takeoff.
