What the records say
- When
- 21 Jun 1978
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 37.97° N, 58.33° E
- Description
- Helicopters shot down by Soviet air defense forces
- Deaths
- 8
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1978 Iranian Chinook shootdown
Helicopters shot down by Soviet air defense forces
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.
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