To: blam
SA-7 is a Russian version of the Stinger.
To: Thunder90
SA-7 is closer to the old Redeye.
This is not the first time such an engagement has occurred.
Last year Brit Harrier pilots reported being shot at by SA-7s while flying CAS over Helmand province.
12 posted on
07/28/2007 12:33:17 AM PDT by
MadJack
("Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet." (Afghan proverb))
To: Thunder90
Flight 800
(oh, but that was on Clinton’s watch, thus it couldn’t have been a terrorist attack)
13 posted on
07/28/2007 1:38:34 AM PDT by
Solitar
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