 An Iranian Army Chinook similar to the helicopters shot down | |
| Incident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 21 June 1978 |
| Summary | Two helicopters shot down |
| Site | Inside the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union, after straying from the Iranian border |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Cargo helicopter |
| Aircraft name | Boeing CH-47 Chinook |
| Fatalities | 8 |
| Survivors | 4 |
The 1978 Iranian Chinook shootdown was an incident on 21 June 1978, when four Boeing CH-47 Chinooks of the Imperial Iranian Air Force strayed into Soviet airspace during a training mission, with the result being that two of them were shot down by the PVO.[1][2][3]
- ^ "Soviet Downs Iranian Helicopter After It Strays, Killing the Crew". The New York Times. 18 July 1978. Retrieved 30 April 2017 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "The Day - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ^ "The MiG-23 combat record". Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2014-01-14.