Captain Or Naaman, who commanded the team that shot down a Syrian plane, in an interview broadcast on September 17, 2018. (Screen capture: Hadashot news)
Times of Israel: IDF officer who shot down Syrian plane speaks of tension before missile launch
Captain Or Naaman says of the July incident, ‘You take deep breaths and you wait to hear and see that you knocked out the target’.
Captain Or Naaman, the IDF officer who commanded the unit that downed a Syrian plane after it entered Israeli airspace in July, described the tension in the control station during the operation, in an interview with Hadashot news shown Monday.
According to the Israeli military, a Syrian Sukhoi fighter jet entered Israeli airspace over the Golan Heights on July 24, traveling approximately two kilometers (one mile) before it was shot down by two Israeli Patriot interceptor missiles.
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WNU Editor: I am sure the tension was sky-high when this was happening.
