MISRATA, Libya -- French fighter jets shot down a Libyan warplane, amid claims that forces loyal to leader Col. Muammar Qaddafi violated the country's UN-sanctioned no-fly zone, ABC News reported Thursday.
The Libyan warplane was reported flying over Misrata before it was shot down by the French jets.
Earlier French military officials said at a press conference in Paris that its fighter jets attacked an air base150 miles inland from the Mediterranean coast overnight. Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Thursday coalition air strikes against Libya had been a "success."
