Libyan plane shot down by French fighter jet
The French attack came less than a day after a senior RAF commander claimed the allied forces had all but destroyed Muammar Gaddafi’s air force.
Speaking at the southern Italian air base of Gioio del Colle, where the British force is stationed, RAF Group Captain Martin Sampson said: “I think it sends a powerful message that the coalition planes in the air at the moment are flying equipped to deal with anything that Gaddafi throws at them and if he does fly planes we’re effecting a no-fly zone and one of the ways we do that is to shoot a plane down if necessary.”
