Today (17 Jan. 2024) at 12.00 noon, the reporter reported that The Kachin Army KIA said it shot down a Myanmar Air Force FTC 2000G fighter jet. It fell in the area of Muang Nam Pheka, Kut Khai Subdistrict, Shan State.
Colonel Nawbu, KIO’s news and information officer, confirmed that the Kachin Independence Army KIA shot down a military jet in Nam Pheka township, Kut Khai township, Northern Shan State, at noon last day. The plane was a Chinese-made FTC-2000 jet fighter, and both pilots died.
As for the said fighter plane, it took off from Nam Chang Airport. Central region of Shan State to carry out the attack Kachin Armed Forces KIA, it is expected that The Kachin armed group KIA uses Chinese-made FN-6 surface-to-air missiles. Myanmar military government It has purchased six FTC 2000 G fighter jets from China, priced at approximately US$8.5 million per aircraft.
and was delivered to the Myanmar government between 22 – 24 November 2022 and stationed at Nam Jang Airport. Central Shan State As for the Myanmar Air Force To date, four planes have been shot down by ethnic minorities, including three from the Kachin KIA armed group and one armed group. Karen Karenni KA KNDF shoots down another plane
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2024-01-17 06:35:00
