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Saturday, September 13, 2014

ISIL hit U.S. F-15 with anti-aircaft batteries captured from Iraq

F-15E Strike EagleIslamic State of Iraq and Levant has been operating anti-aircraft batteries stolen from the Iraqi military.

Officials said the U.S. military has determined that ISIL deployed an unspecified number of anti-aircraft artillery to counter Western air strikes in northern Iraq.

Western diplomatic sources said ISIL struck at least one U.S. aircraft. They said an F-15 fighter-jet was hit by ISIL fire in late August that damaged the hydraulic system and forced the aircraft to land in neighboring Turkey.

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