A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Air_Force" id="mwAV0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Turkish Air Force">Turkish Air Force</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II" id="mwAV4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II">McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II</a> fighter plane is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Turkish_F-4_Phantom_shootdown" id="mwAV8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2012 Turkish F-4 Phantom shootdown">shot down</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Armed_Forces" id="mwAWA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syrian Armed Forces">Syrian Armed Forces</a>, killing both of the plane's pilots and worsening already-strained relations between Turkey and Syria.