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A Turkish Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter plane is shot down by the Syrian Armed Forces, killing both of the plane's pilots and worsening already-strained relations between Turkey and Syria.
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Air forces of the Turkish military
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McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
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2012 Turkish F-4 Phantom shootdown
Shootdown over the border between Syria and Turkey
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Combined military forces of Syria
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