1996年希腊空军Mirage2000击落土耳其F16.doc

1996年希腊空军Mirage2000击落土耳其F16 TUAF F-16D block 40 #91-0023 from 192 Filo attending the mini Tigermeet held at RAF Valley in August, 1994. [Photo by Mark Atrill] 1996年希腊空军幻影2000在爱琴海上空击落一架土耳其双座F16战斗机，土机飞行员一死一获救。土耳其总参谋部发表声明称当日一架F16在训练过程中发生事故不幸坠毁 在距离Chios岛9英里的爱琴海上空发生的例行飞行中坠毁。当时该机是4架F4和两架F16组成的机群成员之一。两架幻影2000截击了他们。两人机组中一人获救一人失踪。根据官方报告，土耳其空军的飞机非法入侵了希腊凌空而被幻影2拦截。土空军的F16S拒绝服从并开始做攻击机动。在其后的缠斗中，希腊的一架2战斗机（飞行员为Lt. Grivas）发射了一枚魔术空空导弹。导致了F16D（机号#91-0023）被击落。随即另外一架F16脱离战斗并逃离到国际空域。前座飞行员(Capt. Nail Erdogan)身亡而后座飞行员Lt. Col. Osman C?cekl成功获救。获救飞行员在30分钟内被救。该飞行员几天后被希腊空军的C130运回土耳其。由于众所周知的原因，两国都低调处理了这次事件而把原因归结为机械事故。在2003年，希腊防务大臣Mr. Giannos Papantonio对外公开了事件的实情。 Crashed into the Aegean Sea nine miles off the island of Chios during a routine flight. It was part of a flight of four F-4s and two F-16s. Just prior to the mishap two Mirage 2000s intercepted them. One of two person crew was rescued but the other is missing. According to an official report, the TUAF formation had illegaly violated Hellenic airspace and so was intercepted by 2 HAF Mirage 2000EG (331sqn, 114FW, Tanagra AB). The 2 TUAF F-16s evidently denied to comply and started agressive maneuvers against the HAF Mirage 2000EG. During the engagment that followed, one of the HAF Mirage 2000EG (piloted by Lt. Grivas) fired a Magic IR missile. As a result a TUAF F-16D (#91-0023) was shot down. Immediately the second TUAF F-16 paused the engagment and escaped to the east in order to return to international air space. The first pilot (Capt. Nail Erdogan) was killed while the second pilot (Lt. Col. Osman C?cekl?) ejected safely. The downed pilot was rescued 30 min. after shot down by a HAF AB-205 SAR helo (from 358th search and rescue squadron). The pilot received immediate medical care and returned a few days later to Turkey with a HAF C-130 flight. At first the incident was kept secret for obvious purposes and both countries (Greece and Turkey) officialy adopted a mechanical failure as the main cause of the accident. In 200