A Mirage F-1EQ of the Iraqi Air Force intercepted the flight and fired a Super 530F-1 missile at them. 14 September 1983 – a pair of Turkish Air Force F-100F Super Sabre fighter jets of 182 Filo "Atmaca" penetrated Iraqi airspace.( 2) 21 June 1978 – 1978 Iranian Chinook shootdown.Both ejected and were captured by Soviet authorities. Eliseev killed after ramming an IIAF RF-4C intruding into Soviet airspace on behalf of CIA Project Dark Gene, USAF Colonel John Saunders was in the rear seat. / 28 November 1973 – Soviet MiG-21 pilot Captain Gennadii N.28 January 1964 – 1964 T-39 shootdown incident.The aircraft was shot down, and Anderson was killed. At approximately 12:00 pm EDT, the aircraft was struck by a S-75 Dvina ( NATO designation SA-2 Guideline) surface-to-air missile launched from Cuba. 27 October 1962 – in the morning, a U-2F (the third CIA U-2A, modified for air-to-air refueling) piloted by USAF Major Rudolf Anderson, departed its forward operating location at McCoy AFB, Florida.( 2) 16 August 1962 – two Turkish Air Force F-84F Thunderstreaks shot down two Iraqi Air Force Il-28 "Beagle" bombers that crossed the Turkish border by mistake during a bombing operation against Iraqi Kurdish insurgents.All on board were captured alive and were later released unharmed. 26 August 1960 – An Indian Air Force Dakota DC-3 registered HJ233 trying to drop relief materials and ammunitions to a besieged post was shot down by the Naga Army.10 April 1959 – 1959 Canberra shootdown.18 August 1955 – After accidentally flying above the Korean Demilitarized Zone, a USAF LT-6 Texan Trainer was downed by North Korean ground fire killing the pilot and observer on board.USAF pilots Robert Fulton and Burt Phythyon each claim to have downed a MiG themselves. / ( 2) – Over the Yellow Sea eighty kilometers southwest of Sinuiju a group of eight USAF F-86 Sabres finds itself under attack by twelve PLAAF MiG-15 "Fagots", pilot Xizhong Ni claims the downing of one Sabre.Watkins Jr are reported missing presumed dead. 17 April 1955 – A USAF RB-47E Stratojet of the 4th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron took off from Eielson AFB and was later shot down off Kamchatka by two Soviet MiG-15 "Fagots" flown by Korotkov and Sazhinwith.( 2) 5 February 1955 – 60 km west of Pyongyang over the Yellow Sea an RB-45 Tornado of the 91st Strategic reconnaissance squadron escorted by eight USAF F-86 Sabres found themselves under attack by twelve KPAF MiG-15 "Fagots", the engagement resulted in the downing of two of the attacking Mikoyan by Sabre pilots Charles Salmon and George Williams.One Lavochkin was downed by two AD-4 piloted by Roy Tatham and Richard Cooks, the other by F4U pilot Edgar Salsig and AD-4 pilots John Damien, John Rochford, Paul Wahlstrom and Richard Ribble. Under attack, pilots William Alexander and John Zarious were soon aided by more AD-4 Skyraiders of their own squadron as well as one F4U-5N of VC-3. ( 2) 26 July 1954 – Off Hainan island two PLAAF La-11 "Fangs" attack two USN AD-4 Skyraiders from VF-54 launched off the USS Philippine Sea (CV 47) while they are searching for survivors of the Cathay Pacific DC-4 shot down by the PLAAF four days earlier.27 January 1954 – An engagement over the Yellow Sea between eight Chinese PLAAF MiG-15 "Fagots" and a flight of USAF F-86 Sabres escorting an RB-45 Tornado ends in the downing of one of the attacking MiG-15 by first lieutenant Bertram Beecroft.Avro Lincoln shootdown incident (12 March 1953).Air battle over Merklín (10 March 1953).4 September 1950 – A US Navy F4U-4B Corsair from the carrier USS Valley Forge shot down a Soviet Naval Aviation Douglas A-20 over the Yellow Sea, southeast of Port Arthur Naval Base.8 April 1950 – A US Navy PB4Y-2 Privateer of VP-26 which had departed from Wiesbaden, West Germany was shot down during a patrol mission over the Baltic by four Soviet Air Force La-11 "Fangs" off of Liepāja, Latvia.22 January 1949 – A USAF North American T-6 Texan was shot down by Communist guerrillas over Greece killing the pilot.27 October 1948 – An Italian Lockheed P-38 Lightning was shot down by Yugoslavia.( 2) 9 February 1948 – Two Turkish Supermarine Spitfire were shot down by Bulgarian small arms fire.This transport-related list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items.
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