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  • F-16 History: 10 years ago... [Serb jet shootdown]

    02/29/2004 11:01:15 AM PST · by Excuse_My_Bellicosity · 17 replies · 506+ views
    F-16.net ^ | 2/29/2004 | unknown
    10 years ago today in history, February 28, 1994, six Serb Soko J-21 Jastreb ( RVRS ) combat jets were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Four were shot down by USAF F-16's as part of the then Operation Deny Flight. At the time, U.N. officials said the Serb jets struck an arms plant run by Bosnia's Muslim-led government. Capt. Robert Wright, flying F-16C #89-2137, got three kills; one with an AIM-120 and two using the AIM-9. Capt. Scott O'Grady fired an AIM-9 at a fourth J-21 but it missed. Two more F-16s arrived and S. Allen, flying...