comment ] On July 3, 1988, an Iranian aircraft registered on the radar screen of the USS Vincennes ... Photo: Bodies of victims of Iran Air Flight 655 at an Iranian morgue, July 5, 1988.

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 ...

Right around this time, Iran Air Flight 655, was taking off from Bandar Abbas Airport with 290 people on board. The flight was on its regularly scheduled flight to Dubai, which it ran twice every week ...

The USS Vincennes, a high-tech missile cruiser that ... In 1988, the U.S. Navy ship Vincennes shot down an Iranian civilian flight, Iran Air 655, killing all 290 passengers and crew on board.

Right around this time, Iran Air Flight 655 was taking off from Bandar Abbas Airport with 290 people on board. The flight was on its regularly scheduled flight to Dubai, which it ran twice every week.

Rouhani’s hashtag “#IR655” refers to Iran Air Flight 655, a commercial jet shot down ... On the morning of July 3, the cruiser USS Vincennes was engaged in a skirmish with Iranian gunboats ...

US officials claimed that the USS Vincennes had mistaken Iran Air Flight 655 for a warplane. This is while the warship was equipped with highly sophisticated radar systems and electronic battle gear ...

The U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser USS Vincennes shot down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf on July 3, 1988, killing all 290 passengers and crew members, including 66 children. The U.S.

two top officers on the USS Vincennes during the Flight 655 accident were awarded medals for "meritorious service," though they were given in spite of — not because of — the Iran Air incident ...

The July 3, 1988 downing of Iran Air flight 655 by the U.S. Navy remains one of the moments the Iranian government points to in its decades-long distrust of America.