Russian aircraft shot down despite ‘President-S’ system Wednesday April 13th, 2016 at 3:26 PM
Russian aircraft shot down despite ‘President-S’ system Wednesday April 13 th , 2016 at 3:26 PM DEBKAFile 1 Comment and 2 Shares Russian aircraft shot down despite ‘President-S’ system DEBKAfile Exclusive Report April 13, 2016, 9:05 AM (IDT) ( Russia’s Mi-28H attack helicopter ) The Russian Defense Ministry announced on April 12 “the crash of a Russian Mi-28H attack helicopter near the city of Homs“ the previous night. The two pilots were killed in the crash, and their bodies were recovered by Russian special forces who transferred them to Hmeimim airbase in northern Syria. The ministry asserted that “the helicopter was not shot down” but debka file ’s intelligence and aviation sources doubt that claim. The helicopter that crashed in Homs was the fourth Russian-made military aircraft to be shot down during the last 30 days by advanced shoulder-fired antiaircraft missiles possessed by the Nusra Front, ISIS and other groups