Helicopters shot down by Soviet air defense forces
1978 Iranian Chinook shootdown
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.
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