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Old January 11th 04, 12:14 PM
TJ
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"George Ruch" wrote:

The article on the F-117 kill
indicates that the kill was from two SA-6 missiles.

snippet from the link:

"Russian Minister of Defence Igor Sergeyev announced that the stealthiest of
the world's aircraft was brough down by two SA-6 surface-to-air missiles.
Yugoslav Air Force officials said that the F-117 was also hit by one AAM
launched from a MiG fighter aircraft."

This is a Venik article from 1999 and as usual has not been updated. The
information he used in the article was derived from information supplied to
him from Djordje Pavicevic who was a Serb teenager back in 1999. Pavicevic
is the guy who claiming to have seen captured F-117 pilots and witnessed the
wrecks of a B-52H and been shown images of a downed B-2A. The Russian
Defence Minister, quoted in the article, was wrong too about the SA-6
GAINFUL. The Yugoslav military has revealed that the missiles used were SA-3
GOA of the 250th Rocket Brigade. The boosters and the nose cone from the
missiles launched that night are on display in the Yugoslav Aeronautical
Museum. The claim of the MiG fighter came from the Yugoslav Ministry of
Information. Yugoslav MiG-29 pilots revealed after the war that they had
fired no air-to-air missiles in any encounter and were upset that their
combat reports had been altered by groups and individuals in the Yugoslav
Ministry of Information.

TJ