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Feb 14, 2023 · U.S. fighter jets have shot down four high-altitude objects this month — including the first instance in which the North American Aerospace Defense Command "has taken kinetic action against an...
Feb 12, 2023 · An unidentified object shot down Sunday over Lake Huron — the fourth flying object in less than two weeks to have been downed over North American airspace — was described earlier Sunday by a...
A comprehensive list of incidents where an aircraft was shot down by another aircraft or ground fire since World War II. Includes details of the aircraft, date, location, combatants and sources for each shootdown.
Sep 9, 2019 · How Vice President Cheney authorized fighter jets to shoot down hijacked planes in the first hour of the attacks. Learn about the confusion, chaos and controversy of that fateful decision.
An unmanned US military drone was shot down off the coast of Yemen by Houthi forces, a defense official told CNN. The official said the MQ-9 Reaper drone was operating in international airspace...
Airliner shootdown incidents have occurred since at least the 1930s, either intentionally or by accident. This chronological list shows instances of airliners being brought down by gunfire or missile attacks – including during wartime – rather than by terrorist bombings or sabotage of an airplane.
Feb 12, 2023 · The latest shootdown came after an American F-22, accompanied by Canadian fighter jets, shot down a high-altitude object in the skies above Canada’s Yukon territory on Saturday.