Before the November 24, 2015 shoot down of a Russia jet by Turkish jets after violation of Turkish airspace Russian jets where intercepted previously on Oct 5th. Russia responded that their Jets were forced to go into Turkish airspace due to bad weather conditions.
"Russia on Monday said one of its warplanes had briefly entered Turkish air space during raids in Syria at the weekend due to bad weather, after the incident sparked concern in Ankara and the West. Turkey said the Russian aircraft exited its airspace after it was intercepted by two Turkish F-16 fighter jets. Moscow said that a Russian Su-30 warplane entered Turkish air space for "several seconds" on Saturday as it sought to return to Syria's Hmeimim air base after carrying out raids against Islamic State militants."
A Russian Su-27 SM fighter jet lands on the airfield of Belbek military airport outside Sevastopol on Nov. 26, 2014.
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