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Flight 752 was on a PUBLISHED IRANIAN CIVILIAN FLIGHT CORRIDOR, and it was broadcasting a four-digit civilian code.

There was no other aircraft in the vicinity.
The US shot down Flight 655 IN THE MIDDLE OF A NAVAL BATTLE.

The USS Vincennes had just engaged three Iranian speedboats with the 5-inch gun, firing over 100 rounds and sinking two of the craft.

THERE WERE THREE IRANIAN F-14 TOMCATS IN THE AREA.
A helicopter from the USS Vincennes had come under fire from the speedboats, and we didn't know the capabilities of the F-14s.

THE IRANIANS NEVER TOLD AIR IRAN THAT THEY WERE ENGAGING THE AMERICANS IN COMBAT.
Flight 655 was 27 minutes late and was flying slightly off center of its published corridor.

When Flight 655 took off, the USS Vincennes radar operator picked up a "Mode II" or military code from one of the F-14s.

IT'S NOT KNOWN WHERE THE F-14 WAS AT THE TIME.
And GUESS WHAT?

The Iranian Air Force broadcasts both MILITARY AND CIVILIAN CODES FOR THEIR AIRCRAFT.

So when an aircraft is Mode III, you don't know if it's military or civilian.

The USS Vincennes anti-air coordinator checked the flight schedules.
Flight 655 was 27 minutes late, and Bandar Abbas Airport is dual military and civilian use.
So we were in the middle of a naval battle, we knew that there were Iranian military aircraft in the area, the Iranians use both civilian and military codes for their military aircraft, there was not a scheduled flight, and the aircraft took off from a military airport.
AND THE IRANIANS NEVER WARNED FLIGHT 655 THAT THEY WERE ENGAGING IN COMBAT WITH THE AMERICANS.

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