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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.
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The Hornets shot down the two MiGs with AIM-7 and AIM-9 missiles in a brief dogfight. It took 40 seconds from when the bandits appeared on the radar of the E-2 until both aircraft were shot down. [39] The F/A-18s, each carrying four 2,000 lb (910 kg) bombs, then resumed their bombing run before returning to Saratoga. [19] [41]
Michael Scott Speicher (July 12, 1957 – unknown) was a naval aviator in the United States Navy who was shot down over Iraq during the Persian Gulf War becoming the first American combat casualty of the war. His fate was not known until 2 August 2009 when the U.S. Navy reported that Speicher's remains had been found in Iraq by the United ...
The transition to digital television seems to have netted its first arrest: A 70-year-old man who shot his TV set in frustration when he couldn't get his digital converter box to work. The ...
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.
January 19 – An F-16C Fighting Falcon (Serial Number 87-0228) was shot down by a 2K12 Kub (SA-6) surface-to-air missile. The pilot, Captain Harry 'Mike' Roberts, was captured. He was released on March 6. January 19 – An F-16C Fighting Falcon (Serial Number 87-0257) was shot down by an S-125 (SA-3) surface-to-air missile. The pilot, Major ...
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 ...