The Jerusalem Post reports: “Iranian tactical bombers were only minutes away from striking a US military base when Qatari planes shot them down on Monday, CNN reported.
The planes, two Su-24 tactical bombers, had been apparently targeted at two important sites in Qatar: The al-Udeid Air Base, where approximately 10,000 US soldiers are housed, and Ras Laffan, a gas processing facility.
Sources told CNN that the jets were identified visually as ‘carrying bombs and guided munitions,’ were flying at low altitude in order to evade radar, and did not respond to radio warnings.
The aircraft were classified as hostile, and taken out in aerial combat by a Qatari F-15 fighter, only ‘two minutes’ away from their targets…”
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