Maybe the Israelis did it on their own, without U.S. approval. Maybe the fighter was shot down by a U.S. fighter, and they’re just claiming that it was the Russians. Might be some undisclosed U.S. airfields near the Syrian or Jordanian border, in Iraq. Or maybe, the Israeli plane took off from a U.S. airfield on the west side of the Persian Gulf, and was shot down by the Iranians.
Maybe the Israelis did it on their own, without U.S. approval. Maybe the fighter was shot down by a U.S. fighter, and they’re just claiming that it was the Russians. Might be some undisclosed U.S. airfields near the Syrian or Jordanian border, in Iraq. Or maybe, the Israeli plane took off from a U.S. airfield on the west side of the Persian Gulf, and was shot down by the Iranians.