1958 C-130 shootdown

When

2 Sep 1958

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

40.36° N, 43.98° E

Description

1958 shootdown of a USAF C-130A reconnaissance aircraft over Armenia

Deaths

17

Participants

17

Cold War event in Armenian SSR

The 1958 C-130 shootdown incident was the shooting down of an American Lockheed C-130A-II-LM reconnaissance aircraft which entered Soviet airspace during a mission in the region of Armenian SSR.

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