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

The USS Vincennes was in the middle of a skirmish with Iranian gunboats when it saw Iran Air Flight 655 on its radar and confused the Airbus 300 for a fighter jet. After it failed to respond to ...

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 ...

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.

Rogers had the Vincennes pursue the gunboats into Iranian sovereign waters, from which it launched the two missiles that felled Flight 655. David Carlson, who commanded the cruiser USS Sides ...

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.

Photo: The USS Vincennes fires a surface to air missile towards Iran Air flight 655 on 3 July 1988 (Rudy Pahoyo) ...

A US Navy cruiser accidentally shot down an F/A-18 Super Hornet over the Red Sea in December. Both aviators were rescued without serious injury. The mistake bears similarities with a notorious ...