BTW it was shot down on it's departure out of a CAS mission as it had expended all it's onboard 80mm rockets in that CAS mission....both 80mm rocket pods were empty and they always fly armed with a full load..
What is really interesting is that the Russian MoD immediately identified the three man military crew BUT have not identified the two others on board which they claimed were civilians one man and one female.....suspect GRU/SVR officers....
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