2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown al-Nusra Front fighters. Russia has bombed the area near the Turkish border to support Syrian government forces. Syrian Turkmen formed their own armed brigades called Syrian Turkmen Brigades in opposition to the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad, loosely affiliated with other rebels such as the Free Syrian Army. The Turkmen brigades also cooperate with al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate the al-Nusra Front and with the Salafi coalition known as Ahrar al-Sham. In Latakia the Turkish-supported rebels formed the Jabal al-Turkman Brigade. On 24 November 2015 at 9:24 am, as it was returning to Khmeimim airbase, a Russian Sukhoi Su-24 aircraft with
Sukhoi Su-24 30 meters of another American ship, the destroyer "Donald Cook" in the Baltic Sea. The incidents occurred over two days, with the planes making passes by the "Donald Cook" while it was in international waters. In November 2018, two armed Russian Su-24s flew low over the Belgian frigate "Godetia". At the time of the incident, the "Godetia" was in use as the command ship of NATO’s northern mine sweeping fleet. "Source: Sukhoi" S6 T6-1 T6-2I / T6-3I / T6-4I Su-24 Su-24M ('Fencer-D') Su-24M2 ('Fencer-D') Su-24MK ('Fencer-D') Su-24MP ('Fencer-F') Notes Bibliography Sukhoi Su-24 The Sukhoi Su-24 (NATO reporting name: Fencer) is