1958 C-130 shootdown incident
The gun-camera photo from Sr. Lieutenant Kucheryaev as his MiG-17 attacks the C-130C | |
| Incident | |
|---|---|
| Date | September 2, 1958 |
| Summary | Shot down by four Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 interceptors |
| Site | near Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union 40°33′0″N 44°6′0″E / 40.55000°N 44.10000°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Lockheed C-130A-II-LM |
| Operator | United States Air Force on behalf of the USAFSS |
| Registration | 56-0528 |
| Flight origin | Incirlik Air Base, Turkey |
| Destination | Incirlik Air Base, Turkey |
| Occupants | 17 |
| Passengers | 11 mission crew from the United States Air Force Security Service (USAFSS) |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 17 (presumed – only the six flight crew remains were repatriated at the time) |
| Survivors | 0 |
The 1958 C-130 shootdown incident was the shooting down of an American Lockheed C-130A-II-LM reconnaissance aircraft which entered Soviet airspace during a mission in the region of Armenian SSR.