Iran Air Flight 655, an Airbus A300 with 290 people on board, was blown from the skies by a missile fired from the guided-missile cruiser USS Vincennes as it flew over the Persian Gulf from Iran ...

WASHINGTON — The USS Vincennes, which shot down a civilian airliner in the Persian Gulf on July 3, 1988, killing 290 people, had gained a reputation for being an overly aggressive “robo ...

YORKTOWN, Va. (AP) - In the early days of World War II, Ray Duley and his shipmates on the USS Vincennes didn’t think much about the future. “You took it day by day,” the Yorktown resident said.

comment ] On July 3, 1988, an Iranian aircraft registered on the radar screen of the USS Vincennes. The U.S. Navy officers on the bridge identified the approaching aircraft as an Iranian Air Force ...

On 3 July 1988, a sophisticated US Navy warship, the USS Vincennes, shot down an Iranian civilian airliner flying over the Persian Gulf. All 290 on board the aircraft were killed, among them 66 ...

Top military officials reviewing the downing of an Iranian passenger jet by the USS Vincennes have recommended disciplinary action against the ship’s operations officer only, Pentagon officials ...