[A.A. Cunningham]

You are confused. Iran Air Flight 655 was an Airbus A300 and the crew of the Vincennes screwed the pooch.

""The data from USS Vincennes tapes, information from USS Sides and reliable intelligence information, corroborate the fact that [Iran Air Flight 655] was on a normal commercial air flight plan profile, in the assigned airway, squawking Mode III 6760, on a continuous ascent in altitude from takeoff at Bandar Abbas to shoot-down."

[waimea.man]

And putting something in quotes, without attribution, makes something a fact? (Just kidding. I stand corrected.)