 In August 2012, after the downing of a RF-4E on the Syrian Coast, Turkish Defence Minister İsmet Yılmaz confirmed that the Turkish F-16D was shot down by a Greek Mirage 2000 with an R.550 Magic II in 1996 after violating Greek airspace near Chios island.Greece denies that the F-16 was shot down.Both Mirage 2000 pilots reported that the F-16 caught fire and they saw one parachute.