History of attacks: flights shot down
It was July 3, 1988 that the US military mistook a civilian passenger aircraft for an Iranian fighter jet, killing all 290 aboard. This was the USA, not a bunch of poorly equipped militants who have been dealing with bombs dropped by Ukrainian jets. If the USA had allowed Russia to sort out this situation months ago, this tragedy would have been avoided, but no, the USA just had to prolong the conflict and the result is lots of unnecessary deaths and casualties.