On 24 November 2015 , a Russian Mi-8AMTsh was forced to land when it was hit by insurgent machine gun fire during the combat rescue mission of the ejected crew of the Russian Su-24 that was shot down by a Turkish Air Force F-16 earlier in the day . A Russian marine died in the attack , while the rest of the crew was recovered by another helicopter . The downed air-frame was destroyed with a TOW missile fired by local insurgents
shot down by a Turkish Air Force F-16
2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown
Mil Mi-17