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Episode 184: Ass, Gas, or Grass | Iran Air Flight 655


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Tina and Hillary cover the Iran Air Flight 655.

Iran Air Flight 655 was a routine commercial flight with civilian passengers. BUT it encountered a fateful turn when it became a victim of devastating military action by the U.S.

Sources

Tina's Story
Aviation Files
Iran Air Flight 655 – 3 July 1988

Business Insider

Inside the US Navy's mistaken shooting of Iran Air Flight 655 in 1988, which killed 290 people--by James Pasley

Chicago Tribune

Iranian airline crash serves as grim reminder of time U.S. Navy shot down civilian jet in 1988, killing 290--by Jon Gambrell

CNN

In 1988, a US Navy warship shot down an Iranian passenger plane in the heat of battle--by Brad Lendon

History on the Net

Operation Praying Mantis: US Retribution Against Iran

Iran Chamber Society

Shooting Down Iran Air Flight 655--by Shapour Ghasemi

Naval History and Heritage Command

Operation Praying Mantis

Newsweek

The U.S. Killed 300 Iranian Citizens. Americans Don't Remember This—But Iranians Do--by Tom O'Connor

Simple Flying

34 Years Ago Today: The Shootdown Of Iran Air Flight 655--by Jake Hardiman

Wikipedia

Operation Praying Mantis

Photos

USS Vincennes--by Ronald W. Erdrich, USN Public Domain via Wikipedia
Shootdown Path--by Dual Freq CC-BY-SA 3.0 via Wikipedia
Captain Will Rogers III--by Ronald W. Erdrich, USN Public Domain via Wikipedia

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