 On November 24, 2015, two Turkish Air Force F-16s shot down a Russian Su-24, claiming that it violated Turkish air space but Russia rejected Turkey's claim.During an escalation between Syria and Turkey at the beginning of March 2020, the two countries confronted each other in open war, leading to a surge in air combat kills on the hand of Turkish F-16s against Syrian jets.On 1 March 2020 , two Syrian Su-24 strike bombers were shot down by Turkish Air Force F-16's using air-to-air missiles over Syrian Idlib province.