ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226357
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 June 2019 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Northrop Grumman RQ-4A Global Hawk |
| Owner/operator: | US Navy |
| Registration: | 166510 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Strait of Hormuz -
 Indian Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A US Navy RQ-4A Global Hawk high-altitude surveillance drone was shot down by a surface-to-air missile in the vicinity of the Strait of Hormuz by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Iran claims the drone had violated its airspace while the U.S. claimed the UAV was shot down over international waters.
According the reports the UAV was shot down by the Iranian 3rd Khordad SAM system.
Sources:
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/28613/everything-we-know-about-irans-claim-that-it-shot-down-a-u-s-rq-4-global-hawk-drone
https://abcnews.go.com/International/iran-shoots-american-drone-international-airspace-us-official/story?id=63825990
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/20/us/rq4a-global-hawk-drone-intl/index.html
https://twitter.com/BabakTaghvaee
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jun-2019 08:20 | gerard57 | Added |
| 20-Jun-2019 09:26 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jun-2019 09:26 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Jun-2019 19:20 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jun-2019 08:10 | gerard57 | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative] |
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