US Shares Russian Flight Information With Anti-Daesh Coalition

US Air Force Chief Deborah Lee James said that the United States shares the information on Russian flights in Syria with members of the anti-Daesh coalition.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States shares the information on Russian flights in Syria with members of the anti-Daesh (ISIL) coalition under the US-Russian memorandum of understanding, US Air Force Chief Deborah Lee James said at the National Press Club on Wednesday.

“It [Russian flight data] is shared appropriately with the coalition…I‘ll say, appropriately with those who are on the air tasking order,” James said.

The air force chief added that the information is “administrative” in nature and “is not operational details.”

On November 26, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow will hold serious discussions with US officials in regard to information exchange on operations in Syria after a Russian Su-24 bomber was shot down by Turkey, a coalition member.

The Su-24 jet was downed by an air-to-air missile while carrying out precision strikes against terrorists in northern Syria. The missile was fired by a Turkish F-16 fighter in response to alleged violation of the Turkish airspace by the Russian jet.

Turkey claimed that it was impossible to recognize the downed warplane in Syria as a Russian attack aircraft.