The British Royal Air Force (RAF) has achieved its first victory in the air fighting since the 1940s, when the Ministry of Defense confirmed that the Eurofighter Typhoon plane shot down a drone in the Syrian airspace.
The ministry stated that a "small, enemy drone" was neutralized on December 14, although its source is unknown, given that multiple parties, including the Syrian regime, Iran, and many sides operating drones.
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Iran has widely used drones at the theater of operations, which clashed with American forces and launched by American combat aircraft in the past.
British aircraft participated in many air-to-air clashes, especially in the Volkland War and the Korean War. The Royal Air Force fighters also clashed with Iraqi aircraft in the air during the 1991 Gulf War on at least one occasion, but the Tornado fighter, which participated in the only known engagement, was shot down by the MiG 29 Iraqi plane, which deprived the British Royal Air Force, which could have been the first air victory It has for more than 40 years. The British Royal Air Force currently occupies the vast majority of British combat aircraft, but this is scheduled to change because most of the planned future acquisitions are for the royal naval aircraft carriers.
Although the British Parliament voted against the launch of military intervention in Syria in 2013, the British forces initially played a supportive roles of Western allies operations, and then directly participated in the US -led air campaign as of the following year.
British forces later deployed in northern Syria with French support in order to retain Western control over the region if the United States withdraws its assets.The presence of NATO aircraft in the Syrian airspace and the forces on Syrian soil is widely illegal because it has no permission from the United Nations Security Council or the Syrian regime.Britain also participated in the US -led air strikes on the Syrian regime forces in April 2018.