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Scott Francis O'Grady (born October 12, 1965) is a former United States Air Force fighter pilot.On June 2, 1995, he was shot down over Bosnia and Herzegovina by a 2K12 Kub (NATO designation SA-6 "Gainful") mobile SAM launcher and forced to eject from his F-16C into hostile territory.
The Banja Luka incident was an air-to-air action that took place over Bosnia on 28 February 1994 when six Republika Srpska Air Force J-21 Jastreb single-seat light attack jets were engaged, and five of them shot down or crashed during escape, by NATO warplanes from the United States Air Force.
US Air Force F-16s shot down four of the six Serb jets over Banja Luka. [23] This engagement was the first combat engagement of Operation Deny Flight, and its only significant air-to-air combat engagement. Perhaps more importantly, the Banja Luka incident was also the first combat engagement in the history of NATO. [24]
A fin fragment from Scott O'Grady's F-16 as shown in the Moscow Aviation Institute. On August 11, 1995, [16] a USAF RQ-1 Predator drone was shot down by Serb forces in the same area where the F_16 fell. [17] The Serbs recovered the wreckage and handed it over to Russia for technical evaluation. [16]
Ukraine said one of its F-16 pilots downed a record-breaking six cruise missiles in one mission. That would show how much Ukraine's air force has developed, a former US F-16 pilot told BI.
On 2 June, two US Air Force F-16 jets were sent on patrol over Bosnia in support of Operation Deny Flight. While on patrol, an F-16 piloted by Captain Scott O'Grady was shot down by a Bosnian Serb 2K12 Kub surface-to-air missile. O'Grady was forced to eject from the aircraft.
The restricted airspace was set in place because President Joe Biden is in Delaware over the weekend. The fighter aircraft and helicopter responded to a civilian aircraft at 2:25 p.m. Saturday and ...
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 ...