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For example, the 9/11 Commission concluded that Cheney issued the first air force shoot-down order on the morning of September 11, 2001—apparently before he had spoken to the president.

The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

For example, the 9/11 Commission concluded that Cheney issued the first air force shoot-down order on the morning of September 11, 2001—apparently before he had spoken to the president.

The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

For example, the 9/11 Commission concluded that Cheney issued the first air force shoot-down order on the morning of September 11, 2001—apparently before he had spoken to the president.

The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

The country's shoot-down policy effectively ended in 2001 after a CIA and Peruvian Air Force team mistakenly downed a plane carrying a family of U.S. missionaries misidentified as drug traffickers.

Cocaine: The New Front Lines John Lyons 2012

If anything, the pace of innovation is even faster in the military than in the civilian world, and as better look-down, shoot-down capabilities have come on line, they have been systematically layered and squeezed into the aging airframe of the F‑15.

The Last Ace 2009

If anything, the pace of innovation is even faster in the military than in the civilian world, and as better look-down, shoot-down capabilities have come on line, they have been systematically layered and squeezed into the aging airframe of the F‑15.

The Last Ace 2009

Today the fight has moved beyond visual range, into the realm of electromagnetic waves*, and involves what fighter pilots call “look-down, shoot-down” capability.

The Last Ace 2009

But the accidental shoot-down of Iran-Air flight 655 in July 1988 by the USS Vincennes unquestionably contributed to Tehran's determination that the White House had allied itself with Saddam Hussein and therefore the Iran-Iraq war was lost.

Iran's Act of War Reuel Marc Gerecht 2011

Khomeini continued the slaughter of the Iran-Iraq war for six years beyond the expulsion of Iraqi forces from Iran, but agreed to a UN cease-fire after becoming convinced the United States was about to intervene more directly after the accidental shoot-down of an Iranian airliner in 1988.

Wonk Room » Cohen: The Iranian Regime’s Days are Numbered 2009

Today the fight has moved beyond visual range, into the realm of electromagnetic waves*, and involves what fighter pilots call “look-down, shoot-down” capability.

The Last Ace 2009