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In 1988 the US Navy shot down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Strait or Hormuz killing all 290 passengers aboard. The United States has yet to apologize for the incident.

28 years ago today, the USS Vincennes shot down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing 290 people including 66 children

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1. After the USS Vincennes shot down Iran Air Flight 655, killing 290 civilians, President George H.W. Bush responded "I will never apologize for the United State of America — I don't care what the facts are."

2. Iran Air civilian Flight 655 was shot down by the U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser USS Vincennes on 3 July 1988.

3. In 1988, the USS Vincennes shot down Iran Air flight 655, killing all 290 civilians on board.

4. About Iran Air Flight 655 where in 1988 a civilian passenger flight flying from Tehran to Dubai was shot down by the US Navy. All 290 people aboard were killed including 66 children.

5. In 1988 The U.S Navy shot down Air Iran flight 655 - All 290 on board, including 66 children and 16 crew, died

6. Iran Air Flight 655, a passenger flight from Tehran to Dubai, that was shot down 28 years ago today by the United States USS Vincennes. The incident took place over Iran's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf, and on the flight's usual flight path. All 290 people on board died.

7. On July 3rd 1988, Iran Air flight 655, flight of an Iranian airliner that was shot down by the US Navy killing all 290 people on board. The passenger plane, which was in Iranian airspace, had been incorrectly identified as a fighter jet.