During the Syrian Civil War , Turkish F-16s were tasked with airspace protection on the Syrian border . After the RF-4 downing in June 2012 Turkey changed its rules of engagements against Syrian aircraft , resulting in scrambles and downings of Syrian combat aircraft . On 16 September 2013 , a Turkish Air Force F-16 shot down a Syrian Arab Air Force Mil Mi-17 helicopter in Latakia province near the Turkish border . On 23 March 2014 , a Turkish Air Force F-16 shot down a Syrian Arab Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 when it allegedly entered Turkish air space during a ground attack mission against Al Qaeda-linked insurgents . On 16 May 2015 , Two Turkish Air Force F-16s shot down a Syrian Mohajer 4 UAV firing two AIM-9 missiles after it trespassed into Turkish airspace for 5 minutes . A Turkish Air Force F-16 shot down a Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 on the Turkey-Syria border on 24 November 2015
shot down a Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24
2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon