The incident took place in the Al-Tanf area.
“At an altitude of about 9,000 meters, there was a dangerous convergence of two coalition F-35 fighters with a pair of Su-35 aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces, which were carrying out a planned flight along the southern border of Syria, Vadim Kulit, deputy chief of the Central Air Forces, said.
He stressed that the collision was avoided thanks to the high professionalism of the Russian pilots. According to the Russian military, with such actions, American pilots regularly aggravate the situation in the airspace of the SAR.
