Tina and Hillary cover the Iran Air Flight 655.
Iran Air Flight 655 was a routine commercial flight with civilian passengers. BUT it encountered a fateful turn when it became a victim of devastating military action by the U.S.
Sources
Tina's Story
Aviation Files
Iran Air Flight 655 – 3 July 1988
Business Insider
Inside the US Navy's mistaken shooting of Iran Air Flight 655 in 1988, which killed 290 people–by James Pasley
Chicago Tribune
Iranian airline crash serves as grim reminder of time U.S. Navy shot down civilian jet in 1988, killing 290–by Jon Gambrell
CNN
In 1988, a US Navy warship shot down an Iranian passenger plane in the heat of battle–by Brad Lendon
History on the Net
Operation Praying Mantis: US Retribution Against Iran
Iran Chamber Society
Shooting Down Iran Air Flight 655–by Shapour Ghasemi
Naval History and Heritage Command
Operation Praying Mantis
Newsweek
The U.S. Killed 300 Iranian Citizens. Americans Don't Remember This—But Iranians Do–by Tom O'Connor
Simple Flying
34 Years Ago Today: The Shootdown Of Iran Air Flight 655–by Jake Hardiman
Wikipedia
Operation Praying Mantis
Photos
USS Vincennes–by Ronald W. Erdrich, USN Public Domain via Wikipedia
Shootdown Path–by Dual Freq CC-BY-SA 3.0 via Wikipedia
Captain Will Rogers III–by Ronald W. Erdrich, USN Public Domain via Wikipedia
