UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Syrian Civil War

NAME                                      VICTORIES                      UNIT                COMMENTS

Tremel, Michael                               1                          VFA-87,  CVW-8      1 Su-22M-4        1.
Renken, Jeremy 'Maestro'                      1                          492nd FS, 48th FW    1 Shahed-129 UAV  2. 
unknown (CSO)                                 1                          492nd FS, 48th FW    1 Shahed-129 UAV  2. 
unknown                                       1                          492nd FS, 48th FW    1 UAV             3.
unknown (CSO)                                 1                          492nd FS, 48th FW    1 UAV             3.
unknown                                       1                                    48th FW    1 UAV             4.
unknown (CSO)                                 1                                    48th FW    1 UAV             4.

1. This aircraft was shot down near Ja-Den, south of Tabqa, at 1843hrs (see Headlines). The Su-22 pilot ejected and suffered only minor injuries and was later returned to Damascus.
2. This pro-Syrian regime UAV was shot down by a US Air Force 48th Fighter Wing, 492nd Fighter Squadron F-15E close to the Al-Tanf border crossing in Syria after it had fired weapons on a position occupied by Anti-Government Forces.
3. This armed, pro-Syrian regime UAV was shot down by a USAF 48th Fighter Wing, 492nd Fighter Squadron F-15E over an established combat outpost northeast of Al-Tanf, Syria. The action was taken because the UAV apparently showed hostile intent by advancing on coalition forces in southern Syria.
4. On August 21, 2021, an unknown unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) approached the US Army Mission Support Site Green Village in Deir Ez-Zor, eastern Syria. According to Pentagon sources, the drone was Iranian. This incursion led to a pair of US Air Force (USAF)-operated F-15E Strike Eagles from the 48th Fighter Wing (FW) at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, being scrambled to the area, where the UAV was shot down.

Air-to-Air Victories

LCDR Michael “MOB” Tremel, the F/A-18E Super Hornet U.S. Naval Aviator from VFA-87 Golden Warriors who shot down a Syrian Sukhoi Su-22 on Jun. 18 2018.


Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle, 97-0219, 492^nd FS / 48^th FW, United States Air Force.


Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle, 97-0219, 492^nd FS / 48^th FW, United States Air Force.


Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle, 98-0135, 492^nd FS / 48^th FW, United States Air Force.





Suchoj Su-22, Syrian Air Force / القوات الجوية العربية السورية.

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