“The Vincennes was in a hostile area. EW’s were picking up AWG-9 emissions on the same bearing as the Airbus. They thought the Airbus was an Iranian F-14.”
Didn’t someone say that there was something weird about the “squawk” from the plane’s transponder too?
1. Unknown air track
2. Same bearing, EW evaluates AWG-9 (F-14 radar)
3. Same bearing, IFF from an Iranian F-14
Navy people I knew that were in the area at the time theorized the Iranians set up the COM AIR to be shot down by Vincennes.