Panavia Tornado, also operated by Saudi forces. On January 8, the Saudi Press Agency admitted the loss of an aircraft over Yemen, though it did not clarify whether it was a Tornado or an F-15, blaming the crash to 'a technical issue' and reporting that the pilots ejected and recovered by friendly forces. On 21 March 2018, Houthi rebels released a video where they hit and possibly shot down a Saudi F-15 in Saada province. In the video a R-27T air to air missile adapted for surface to air use was launched, appearing to have successfully hit a jet. As in the video of the previous similar hit recorded on 8 January, the target, while clearly hit, did not appear to be downed. Saudi forces confirmed the hit, while saying the jet safely landed at a Saudi base. Saudi official sources confirmed the incident reporting that it happened at 3:48 pm local time after a surface-to-air defense missile was launched at the fighter jet from inside Saada airport. Operators Current operators – Ordered 300 missiles in 2019 & 800 in 2020 for Su-30MKI & MiG-29UPG aircraft. R-27R1/ER1 and R-27T1/ET1 variants. Former operators (all given to West German Air Force in 1990) (all given to the Polish Air Force with MiG-29s in 2004) (passed on to successor states except , and ) //Serbia and Montenegro See also List of missiles R-77 Similar weapons AIM-7 Sparrow Aspide Super 530 PL-11 References Citations Bibliography External links Р-27 Ruská raketa typu vzduch-vzduch R-27 (AA-10 Alamo) ГосМКБ «Вымпел» » Управляемые авиационные ракеты «воздух-воздух» Anti-radiation missiles of Russia Anti-radiation missiles of the Soviet Union Air-to-air missiles of Russia Air-to-air missiles of the Soviet Union Cold War air-to-air missiles of the Soviet Union Vympel NPO products Military equipment introduced in the 1980s