This mission is loosely based on the a real life event where a Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jet shot down a Russian Sukhoi Su-24M attack aircraft near the Syria–Turkey border on 24 November 2015.
Head over to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Russian_Sukhoi_Su-24_shootdown to obtain additional info if you are interested in hearing both sides of the story.
