August 5, 20169 yr Last bomber actually shot down was probably one of the D-model Buffs going into downtown Hanoi during Linebacker II. I know of at least one G model that took an SA-2 hit during Desert Storm, but the crew and jet made it home.
August 6, 20169 yr A few AC-130's were downed over the Ho Chi Minh Trail during the Vietnam War as well
August 6, 20169 yr HH-60G, callsign Pedro66, was shot-down in the Helmand River Valley...not a fighter or bomber...sorry, I'm not sorry. There was a lot of BDA on USAF helos. Edited August 6, 20169 yr by SCRIMP
August 11, 20169 yr On 8/5/2016 at 2:07 PM, Lawman said: Spirit 03 was the last (maybe only?) AC-130 shot down. It happened during Desert Storm at the battle of Khafji in the early morning dawn. They stayed on station to service a call from the Marines and ended up getting hit with an SA-7. They crashed out to see with no survivors. I am good friends and flew many times with the guy who left the states heading over on that crew as the Co-pilot. After they arrived in country there was a crew shuffle and he was put on another crew. One of the gunners was the son of a childhood friend of my mom.
August 11, 20169 yr On August 6, 2016 at 11:01 PM, SCRIMP said: HH-60G, callsign Pedro66, was shot-down in the Helmand River Valley...not a fighter or bomber...sorry, I'm not sorry. There was a lot of BDA on USAF helos. Pedro 15 was also downed by enemy fire only 1.5 months after 66. The Army DART team had to put her out of her misery.
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