1978 Iranian Chinook shootdown
An Iranian Army Chinook similar to the helicopters shot down | |
| Incident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 21 June 1978 |
| Summary | Two helicopters shot down |
| Site | Inside the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union, after straying from the Iranian border |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Cargo helicopter |
| Aircraft name | Boeing CH-47 Chinook |
| Fatalities | 8 |
| Survivors | 4 |
The 1978 Iranian Chinook shootdown was an incident on 21 June 1978, when four Boeing CH-47 Chinooks of the Imperial Iranian Air Force strayed into Soviet airspace during a training mission, with the result being that two of them were shot down by the PVO.