Saudi-Led Coalition Admits Downing Its Tornado Warplane in Al-Jawf, Yemen

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The Saudi-led coalition, Saturday, admitted the Yemeni Air Defenses of the Army and the Popular Committees downed a Tornado warplane in Al-Jawf Governorate.

A spokesman for the brutal aggression coalition said that at 23:45 pm on Friday, a Tornado warplane of the Saudi Air Force was shot down in Al-Jawf.

“Air Defenses of the Yemeni Army and Popular Committees shot down a Tornado warplane while carrying out hostilities in the sky of Al-Jawf Governorate,” Armed Forces spokesman, Brigadier Yahya Sare’e said in a brief statement, on Friday night.

The brigadier general said that the aircraft was shot down with an advanced surface-to-air missile, with a new technology, without giving any further details about the missile.