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Ja'Din shootdown incident, a Common card
On 18 June 2017, a United States Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet shot down a Syrian Air Force Su-22 Fitter with an AIM-120 AMRAAM missile after it reportedly attacked Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces positions in the town of Ja'Din.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 48
- Power
- 115
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 14,000
Ranked #2,289 of the 2,999 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It was the first time the U.S. shot down a crewed aircraft since 1999 and the first with the F/A-18E/F variant.
- The downing triggered quick condemnation from Russia and Syria with both nations claiming it to be a violation of international law and Syrian sovereignty.
- The Syrian pilot, Captain Ali Fahd, successfully ejected from his aircraft and was found alive by Syrian troops one day later in the village of Shuwaihat.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ja'Din shootdown incident article was read about 14,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 48: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
How to get Ja'Din shootdown incident
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ja'Din shootdown incident (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : US Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
