shootdown

American  

[shoot-doun] / ˈʃutˌdaʊn /

Or shoot-down

noun

1. the attack and destruction of an aircraft in flight.

2. the shooting and killing of someone in cold blood.

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Example Sentences

It added that an Israeli F-35 fighter jet shot down an Iranian Yak-130 over Tehran, describing it as "the first shootdown in history of a manned fighter aircraft by an F-35".

From BBC

A Kuwaiti jet fighter was the cause of the accidental shootdown of three American F-15s on Sunday, according to people familiar with initial reports of the incident.

From The Wall Street Journal

It also happened one day after Cuban-American groups in Miami commemorated the 30th anniversary of the Brothers to the Rescue shootdown, which killed four people.

From BBC

Precise circumstances of the shootdown remain unclear.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Wednesday shootdown comes a day after an Iranian drone flew within 1,500 yards of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier as it was conducting flight operations in international waters in the Arabian Gulf.

From Washington Times