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November 27, 2015       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Israel-wont-down-a-Russian-warplane-if-it-enters-its-air-space-435493

Israel Air Force Foresees No Conflict with Russian Planes in Syria

(Maariv Hashavua-Jerusalem Post) Noam Amir - After Turkey downed a Russian jet that it claims entered its air space from Syria, such a scenario is not in danger of repeating itself in the skies over Israel, a senior Israeli air force official said Thursday. "Our policy is that we do not attack or down anything that is Russian.... Russia is not an enemy," he said. "We are trying to avoid tension with the Russians. Both sides wish not to get to a point where two pilots, an Israeli and a Russian, will meet in the air and will be unsure of what to do. We are not going near the aerial zone in which they are operating, and they don't come close to where we are operating."

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