 The jet's pilots were killed; both Turkish and Syrian forces searched for them before recovering their bodies in early July.The incident greatly escalated the tensions between Turkey and Syria.In mid-November 2013, Turkish sources claimed the SyADF targeted, for ten seconds, three Turkish F-16 fighters that were flying near Dörtyol, over southern Hatay province after deploying from the Incirlik and Merzifon airbases.