US EditionMyanmar military fighter jet disappears as resistance group claims to have downed it
- Resistance fighters brought down a Myanmar military fighter jet early Wednesday amidst intense clashes in the vicinity of Hpasawng in Kayah state.
- This incident occurred within ongoing conflict triggered by the army's seizure of power from Aung San Suu Kyi's government in February 2021.
- The jet's wreckage and the remains of two pilots were found Thursday morning after local media posted images of the crash, identified as a Chinese FTC-2000G ground-attack jet.
- Rights groups have documented 227 airstrikes on civilian areas causing at least 417 casualties and extensive damage to schools, medical facilities, and religious buildings in Myanmar's southeast.
- This event highlights the military's continued use of air power in civil war zones, where attacks often fail to distinguish civilians from fighters and may constitute collective punishment.
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Myanmar fighter jet disappears, resistance group claims downing it
BANGKOK — A Myanmar military fighter jet crashed in a combat zone in the country’s east, according to an anti-military resistance organization that claimed to have shot it down. State-run media reported about the disappearance of an aircraft. Maui, the vice commander-in-chief and Secretary No. 2 of the Karenni Nationalities Defence Force, or KNDF, told The Associated Press on Thursday that a jet had been shot down early Wednesday by the resistan…
Myanmar airstrikes indiscriminately target civilians a rights group says in a new report | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch
BANGKOK--Myanmar's military has consistently targeted civilians and their communities as a form of collective punishment in the country’s southeast since the army seized power in early 2021, a rights group said in a report released Friday.
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Myanmar military fighter jet disappears as resistance group claims to have downed it
An anti-military resistance organization says that it shot down a Myanmar military fighter jet in a combat zone in the country’s east.
The Myanmar military has lost 13 warplanes in military operations against the government’s opposition since 2018. The latest was shot down in Pasay, Karenni State, killing 43 soldiers. July 4, 2025 A senior source from the Karenni Army (KA) revealed that since 2018,
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