YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 24, ARMENPRESS.  Pentagon issued a statement that Turkey down the RF jet to protect its air space but not as a US ally within the framework of coalition against the “Islamic State”. “Armenpress” reports, citing “Ria Novosti”, Pentagon has also stated that the US armed forces have no connection with the incident of the Russian SU-24.

The Russian bomber was shot down over Syria by an air-to-air surface fired from a Turkish F-16 plane when the bomber was at an altitude of 6,000 meters at a distance of 1 km from the Turkish border. The jet dropped 4 km away from the Turkish border.

According to President Putin, the Su-24 plane incident in is "a stab in Russia’s back” delivered by terrorist accomplices.