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Russian Fighter Jet Accidentally Shot down by Friendly Fire in Military Exercise
Brendan Cole 1 day ago
Russian Fighter Jet Accidentally Shot down by Friendly Fire in Military Exercise

A Russian fighter jet was accidentally shot down out of the sky during military exercises by a pilot who did not know their plane had cannons which had not been disarmed, according to reports.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ru ... r-BB19nXxw

ORIGINAL: fcooke

But I think military, not civvies? I know an RB-47 got taken out.

Air-to-air combat losses between the Soviet Union and the United States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air-to-ai ... ted_States

More:

Secret Casualties of the Cold War
Gary Powers wasn’t the only one. More than 200 airmen were shot down while spying on the Soviet Union.

https://www.airspacemag.com/history-of- ... 180967122/

Also @fcooke
"but do not recall a Western nation taking out a civilian airliner "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655

Iran Air Flight 655 was a scheduled passenger flight from Tehran to Dubai via Bandar Abbas that was shot down on 3 July 1988 by an SM-2MR surface-to-air missile fired from USS Vincennes, a guided-missile cruiser of the United States Navy. The aircraft, an Airbus A300, was destroyed and all 290 people on board were killed.

You are right - I forgot about that one. Tough when a Tico decides to take you down.

and it was that long ago? I hate this age thing.