From December 1998 to March 1999 , U.S. aircraft over northern Iraq came Motion under almost daily fire from Iraqi surface-to-air missile sites and anti-aircraft guns .

The single-seat aircraft , flown Motion by pilot Francis Gary Powers , was hit Attack by an S-75 Dvina ( SA-2 Guideline ) surface-to-air missile and crashed Catastrophe near Sverdlovsk ( today 's Yekaterinburg ) .

iran air flight 655 was a scheduled passenger flight from tehran to dubai via bandar abbas , that was shot down Use_firearm on 3 july 1988 by an unk surface-to-air missile fired Use_firearm from , a guided missile cruiser of the united states navy .

According Reporting to eyewitnesses from the local populace and investigative reports Reporting the aircraft was shot down Use_firearm by a surface-to-air missile ( SAM ) .

The responsibility for investigation Criminal_investigation was delegated to the Dutch Safety Board ( DSB ) and the Dutch-led joint Collaboration investigation Criminal_investigation team ( JIT ) , who concluded Coming_to_believe that the airliner was downed Motion by a Buk surface-to-air missile launched from pro-Russian separatist-controlled territory in Ukraine .