Sentence examples for members shot down from inspiring English sources

Board members shot down the use of drones for economic reasons.

The last time a NATO member shot down a, then Soviet, fighter aircraft (MiG-15) was in 1953, destroyed by the United States (US) during the height of the early Cold War tension and towards the stalemate that would end the Korean War.

In 1996 four members were shot down by Cuban jets and killed; Cristina Khuly, whose uncle was one of the four, directs this documentary.

The downing of an SU-24 jet by Turkey will go down as the first time since the start of the Cold War that a Nato member has shot down a Russian military aircraft.

Turkey's downing of a fighter jet on Tuesday is thought to be the first time a Nato member has shot down a Russian aircraft since the Cold War, risking a dangerous increase in international tensions.

It is thought to be the first time a Nato member has shot down a Russian aircraft since the Cold War, and relations between the two nations could be severely damaged.

A NATO member has shot down a Russian plane for the first time since the 1950s.

It was the first time in half a century that a NATO member has shot down a Russian plane.

This week, NATO-member Turkey shot down a Russian warplane for flying over Turkish territory, reminding Moscow about the risk of crossing those boundaries.

The Russian president described the incident over Turkey's volatile border with Syria on Tuesday – the first time a Nato member state has shot down a Russian warplane since the Korean war in the 1950s – as a "stab in the back by the accomplices of terrorists" and claimed the Russian plane, a Su-24 bomber, had been downed inside Syria while in action against Chechen militants.

A Chinook helicopter, carrying 16 service members, responded but was shot down.