Tel Aviv, We Have a Problem

[GoranZ]

The Syrian military has hit at least one intruding Israeli F-16 warplane that attacked positions inside Syrian territory, sending it down in flames and smoke. Syrian state TV cited a Syrian military official as saying that Syrian aerial defense had responded to Israeli “aggression” against an army base in central Syria.

The official said more than one Israeli aircraft had been hit.
‘One pilot in serious condition’

The Israeli military confirmed that one F-16 had gone down in northern Israel, and that its two pilots had ejected and had been located and transferred to hospital. The Israeli army said later that one of the pilots was in serious condition, according to The Jerusalem Post.

Syria shoots down Israeli F-16 jet

[warmonger1981]

Thoughts?

[GoranZ]

Thoughts?

Too early for that... the Syrians(or Iranians) need to be able to repeat what they just did.
Consequence of a potential repeat could mean that F-16 is already obsolete aircraft.

[2dimes]

Pfft, that's hype and it's rediculas. The F-16 airframe can never go obsolete unless you are talking about human pilots being obsolete.

No human can pull more Gs than an F-16. The same is true for a few of the Migs and Sukois those planes are beyond human capabilities. I think the Mig 29 can even turn tighter than the F-16.

The F-35 is going to replace them though because of the systems.

Earlier there were a few fake news sources reporting it crashed after taking fire. Making it sound better than it was just blown out of the air. Somewhat amusing.