1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident
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1994-black-hawk-shootdown-incident-169-3886668
title:
1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident
text:
The 1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident, sometimes referred to as the Black Hawk Incident, was a friendly fire incident over northern Iraq that occurred on 14 April 1994 during Operation Provide Comfort (OPC). The pilots of two United States Air Force (USAF) F-15 fighter aircraft, operating under the control of a USAF airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft, misidentified two United States Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters as Iraqi Mil Mi-24 "Hind" helicopters. The F-15 pilots fired
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
US friendly fire incident over Iraq
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Black_Hawk_shootdown_incident
date created:
2007-02-19T05:15:43Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T07:56:05Z
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