A Sukhoi Su-24 jet fighter drops flares during a joint Kazakh-Russian military exercise at Otar military range, west of Almaty, in this October 3, 2008 file picture. A warplane shot down by Turkey near the Syrian border on November 24, 2015 A Sukhoi Su-24 jet fighter drops flares during a joint Kazakh-Russian military exercise at Otar military range, west of Almaty, in this October 3, 2008 file picture. A warplane shot down by Turkey near the Syrian border on November 24, 2015