Robert Podboy Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 I see the target, a large one ... I am attacking the target... (The target is a transport, four· engine ... The target is burning ... There's a hit! ... The target is banking ... I am opening fire .. , The tail assembly [ is falling off] ... Look at him, he will not get away, he is already falling . , . He is falling ... The target has lost control, it is going down ... The target has turned over ... The target is falling, ..." transcript Soviet MiG-17 pilot On the 2nd of September 1958, Soviet MiG-17 pilots shot down a US Air Force reconnaissance-configured C-130A aircraft (tail number 60528), with 17 crewmen aboard, over Soviet Armenia. The MiG-17 attacked the unarmed aircraft after it inadvertently penetrated denied airspace. It crashed near the village of Sasnashen, 34 miles northwest of Yerevan, the Armenian capital. http://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/c-130-shootdown-09021958/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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