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On 18 June 2017, a United States Navy F/A-18E shot down a Syrian Air Force Su-22 Fitter with an AIM-120 AMRAAM missile after it reportedly attacked Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces positions in the town of Ja'Din. It was the first time the U.S. shot down a crewed aircraft since 1999 and the first with the F/A-18E/F variant. [7] [8] [9] [10]
Operation Burnt Frost was a military operation to intercept and destroy non-functioning U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) satellite USA-193. [1] The mission was described by the Missile Defense Agency as a "mission of safeguarding human life against the uncontrolled re-entry of a 5,000-pound satellite containing over 1,000 pounds of hazardous hydrazine propellant". [2]
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An F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft was shot down in an apparent case of friendly fire, CENTCOM said. The incident occurred after the missile cruiser USS Gettysburg mistakenly fired on the craft. Both ...
U.S. officials denied that the action was intended to prevent sensitive technology falling into foreign hands [1] and also denied that it was a response to the 2007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test. [29] This was not the first time the United States shot down one of its own satellites; the Air Force had shot down a satellite in 1985. [30]
The F/A-18D Hornet came down near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar at 11:54 PST, the base said in a statement. ... Brea scores 18 to lead No. 12 Kentucky past No. 8 Tennessee 78-73.
A US F-22 shot the object, which was first tracked flying over Alaska eight days earlier, out of the sky on Feb. 11, 2023. New photo shows UFO hovering over Canada before it was shot down by US ...
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