Episode 184: Ass, Gas, or Grass | Iran Air Flight 655

Tina and Hillary cover the Iran Air Flight 655. Iran Air Flight 655 was a routine commercial flight with civilian passengers. BUT it encountered a fateful turn when it became a victim of devastating military action by the U.S. Sources Tina's Story Aviation Files Iran Air Flight 655 – 3 July 1988 (https://www.aviationfile.com/iran-air-flight-655/) Business Insider Inside the US Navy's mistaken shooting of Iran Air Flight 655 in 1988, which killed 290 people (https://www.businessinsider.com/iran-air-flight-655-us-navy-shot-down-1988-photos-2020-1)--by James Pasley Chicago Tribune Iranian airline crash serves as grim reminder of time U.S. Navy shot down civilian jet in 1988, killing 290 (https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-jetliner-shot-down-iran-air-655-20200110-4tsmwvgqkjehjmnmjofw4pd6i4-story.html)--by Jon Gambrell CNN In 1988, a US Navy warship shot down an Iranian passenger plane in the heat of battle (https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/10/middleeast/iran-air-flight-655-us-military-intl-hnk/index.html)--by Brad Lendon History on the Net Operation Praying Mantis: US Retribution Against Iran (https://www.historyonthenet.com/operation-praying-mantis) Iran Chamber Society Shooting Down Iran Air Flight 655 (https://www.iranchamber.com/history/articles/shootingdown_iranair_flight655.php)--by Shapour Ghasemi Naval History and Heritage Command Operation Praying Mantis (https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/middle-east/praying-mantis.html) Newsweek The U.S. Killed 300 Iranian Citizens. Americans Don't Remember This—But Iranians Do (https://www.newsweek.com/iran-remembers-killed-americans-should-1445104)--by Tom O'Connor Simple Flying 34 Years Ago Today: The Shootdown Of Iran Air Flight 655 (https://simpleflying.com/iran-air-flight-655-1988-shootdown-anniversary/)--by Jake Hardiman Wikipedia Operation Praying Mantis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Praying_Mantis) Photos USS Vincennes (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/USS_Vincennes_returns_to_San_Diego_Oct_1988.jpg/1280px-USS_Vincennes_returns_to_San_Diego_Oct_1988.jpg)--by Ronald W. Erdrich, USN Public Domain via Wikipedia Shootdown Path (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/USS_Vincennes_returns_to_San_Diego_Oct_1988.jpg/1280px-USS_Vincennes_returns_to_San_Diego_Oct_1988.jpg)--by Dual Freq CC-BY-SA 3.0 via Wikipedia Captain Will Rogers III (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/CAPT_Will_C._Rogers_III_1988.jpg/1280px-CAPT_Will_C._Rogers_III_1988.jpg)--by Ronald W. Erdrich, USN Public Domain via Wikipedia