ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 78654
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| Date: | Thursday 14 February 1991 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hughes 500 |
| Owner/operator: | Iraqi Air Force |
| Registration: | 53.. |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | -
 Iraq
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
An F-15E Strike Eagle fighter/bomber [89-00487 of 335TFS/4TFW] dropped a laser-guided bomb onto a Hughes 500 helicopter in the air. The helicopter was on the ground initially loading up commandos, though it took off. Even with it taking off they left the laser on it and the bomb hit it when it was "200 or so" feet in the air. A special forces team on the ground witnessed the event
Iraq took delivery of 24 Hughes 500s, serials were allocated consecutively between 5031 and 5324.
Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_engagements_of_the_Gulf_War#14_February_1991
2. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1992/1992
3. https://medium.com/war-is-boring/a-brief-history-of-weird-shoot-downs-7a5bd5019563
4. http://notar-helicopters.nl/369ff00.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Oct-2010 15:27 | harro | Added |
| 27-Feb-2015 21:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Country, Source, Narrative] |
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